Directions to WU Danforth Campus
& Olin Library
Olin Library is located in the center of the Danforth campus; you cannot drive up and park in front of the building. Our mailing address is Campus Box 1061, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130.
The Danforth campus is served by both the MetroLink Skinker and Big Bend stations, as well as by MetroBus stops. See the Metro website for schedule and fare information. If driving to the Danforth campus, note that it is bounded by Forsyth Boulevard on the south, Skinker Boulevard on the east, Forest Park Parkway on the north, and Big Bend Boulevard on the west. The Admissions office provides these Driving Directions to Washington University’s Danforth Campus to prospective students.
Visitors may park at any parking meter. There are parking meters in front of Edison Theater, on Brookings Drive, and various other locations around campus. Parking in other campus parking lots requires the purchase of a daily, monthly, or yearly parking permit. Cars without a valid permit in these lots will be ticketed. More parking information.
Olin Library is located west of Brookings Quadrangle, east of Graham Chapel, and northeast of Mallinckrodt Center/Edison Theater. It is building number 72 on the Danforth (formerly Hilltop) campus map (pdf).