CONNECT with the CityTour San Diego Central Library @ Joan Λ Irwin Jacobs Common
There are now multiple ways to experience all that this space has to offer.
SDPL offers short video tours of San Diego Central Library. Created in the spring of 2024, these tours are designed to be listened to while exploring the building or viewed remotely.
View the Central Library Tour Brochure
Tours for Educators and Group Visits
For those looking for a field trip that expands students' enthusiasm for learning, consider requesting a tour of Central Library led by Children’s and Teens' library staff. Tours are specially designed by grade level for students in grades K-12.
The Children’s Tour is appropriate for children ages 5 to 11 (kindergarten through fifth grade), while the Teen Tour is geared for those 12 to 18 (sixth through 12th grade). Both tours are offered to youth visiting the library as a group or class. Depending on interest and the preferred length of the visit, tours may include:
- A building tour led by specially trained docents.
- Highlights of special spaces in the library that specifically interest children.
- Space for groups to have lunch in the library Courtyard.
Interviews with the Architect
In 2013, San Diego Public Library and The San Diego Union-Tribune co-produced a video series highlighting different areas of Central Library. In these videos, architect Rob Quigley dives into architectural details and points out the purpose and history behind the building’s various features.
