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Your Visit to the Library


Cost of Admission

Free


Special Events

Greg Laurie Book Signing

Come meet pastor, evangelist, and author Greg Laurie at the Billy Graham Library, April 16, for a special book-signing event. Greg will be on hand with his new book, For Every Season, Volume 2, a collection of devotional thoughts and Bible verses on facing life’s challenges. Come get your very own copy and chat with the author!

April 16, 2008, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.


Hours of Operation

Hours of operation are Monday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. The Library is closed on Sundays. (Hours are tentative and subject to change.)

Billy Graham Library Holiday Hours
Christmas Eve Day, December 24 – 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Christmas Day, December 25 – Closed
New Year’s Eve Day, December 31 - 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
New Year’s Day, January 1 – Closed


Tips for your Visit

  • Free parking will be available, including auto, bus, RV, and disabled spaces.
  • Pets will not be accommodated, with the exception of guide dogs.
  • Visitors will need to provide their own strollers and wheelchairs.
  • Food and beverages will be available for purchase in the Graham Brothers Dairy Bar. Personal food and beverages will not be allowed on the property.
  • Food and bookstore merchandise will be sold at posted prices which will not include N.C. state sales tax. Personal checks in the exact amount of purchase, American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa will be accepted forms of payment.
  • Smoking, alcoholic beverages, and firearms will not be permitted on the property.
  • Guests touring the Library, home, and garden should allow at least 1½ to 2 hours for the visit.


Features

  • 40,000-square-foot, family friendly, mobility-impaired-accessible complex.
  • After entering the dairy barn-styled library through a 40 foot glass cross, visitors will experience state-of-the-art exhibits, multimedia displays, and films, all designed to appeal to casual visitors, spiritual seekers, researchers, historians, and schoolchildren.
  • Complex includes the Graham family homeplace, a bookstore, and a café.
  • Visitors will journey through history, from Billy Graham’s humble beginnings on the family dairy farm to beloved worldwide evangelist and one of the most respected men in history.
  • The Library will be a place of preserved history, learning, and inspiration as guests discover what God did through a country farm boy’s journey of faith.
  • Unique events are being planned—there will often be something special happening at the Library. Please call 704-401-3200 for more information about these opportunities.

The Library is conveniently located off Billy Graham Parkway, near the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, I-77, and I-85 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Directions to the Billy Graham Library
4330 Westmont Drive, Charlotte, NC 28217
704-401-3200

From I-85: Take exit 33 – Billy Graham Parkway and follow Billy Graham Parkway/ US-521 approximately four miles. Turn left at the traffic light onto Westmont Drive. Follow Westmont Drive around to the left into BGEA.

From I-77 Traveling North: Take exit 6B – Merge onto Woodlawn/Billy Graham Parkway. Continue to second traffic light. Turn right onto Westmont Drive. Follow the road around to the left into BGEA.

From I-77 Traveling South: Take exit 6B-South Tryon Street. Turn right onto South Tryon Street. Turn right at intersection onto Billy Graham Parkway. Turn right onto Westmont Drive at the light. Follow the road around to the left into BGEA.

From I-485: Take 485 to exit 1. Turn north (right) onto S. Tryon Street. Follow S. Tryon Street approximately four miles to Billy Graham Parkway. Turn left onto Billy Graham Parkway, and turn right at the first traffic light onto Westmont Drive. Follow the road around to the left into BGEA.