On Friday, October 25, the Museum closes at 6 p.m. and the Law Building is closed all day. 

Contact the Hirsch Library


Street Address
5601 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 6826
Houston, Texas 77265-6826

Phone 713.639.7325
Email hirsch@mfah.org

Staff

The Hirsch Library offers a range of expertise. Contact individual staff members below, or email hirsch@mfah.org with general inquiries.

Library Administration
Jon Evans, chief of libraries and archives
713.639.7393 | jevans@mfah.org

Karen Schiff, library assistant, collections
713.639.7855 | kschiff@mfah.org

Information Services
Rebekah Scoggins, public service and instruction librarian
713.353.1510 | rscoggins@mfah.org

Emma Jackson, library assistant, reference
713.639.7325 | ejackson@mfah.org

Cataloging & Technical Services
Sydney Genitty, library assistant, acquisitions
713.353.1566 | sgenitty@mfah.org 

Alyssa Grieco, special collections cataloger
713.639.7394 | agrieco@mfah.org

Sarah Long, digital initiatives librarian
713.639.7322 | slong@mfah.org

Joel Pelanne, technical services librarian
713.353.1511 | jpelanne@mfah.org

Brian Simmons, collections strategy librarian
713.639.7327 | bsimmons@mfah.org 

Reading Room Hours

Wednesday | 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thursday | 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday | 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday | 12 noon to 5 p.m.