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National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD MD 20894 

Arriving by Metro

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The NIH campus is very accessible via Metro.  Take the Red Line towards Shady Grove to the Medical Center station.  The station’s escalators come out on the NIH campus. 

You’ll then need to get a visitor badge from the NIH Visitor Gateway Center , which will be facing you as you come up the Metro escalator. You will be required to show one form of identification (a government-issued photo ID-driver's license, passport, green card, etc.) and to state the purpose of your visit.

On exit from the Gateway Center, you will head up a path which leads right to NLM - bear left up the hill, walking past the Natcher Building (45) on your right before crossing the street to NLM.  The meeting is in the auditorium of the Lister Hill Centerthe Lindberg Room, on the 2nd Floor of the main library, which is the taller smaller building (38A) just behind the smaller 38) in front of the taller building (3838A).   Enter through the main doors of 38A; the auditorium will be straight ahead.  There will be signage directing you to the auditorium if you should enter 38 instead of 38A Walk left past the row of parked cars, then bear right, up to the main entrance, which faces Rockville Pike. Take the stairs or elevator, on the right, up one floor.  See the NIH Campus Map.

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See the Driving Directions to the NIH Main Campus.  

Park in the nearby MLP-11 parking lot, which is just outside the NIH campus.    You’ll then need to get a visitor badge from the nearby NIH Visitor Gateway Center. You will be required to show one form of identification (a government-issued photo ID-driver's license, passport, green card, etc.) and to state the purpose of your visit. See the map showing the MLP-11 lot and NIH Visitor Gateway Center (66) in relation to Rockville Pike(Rte 355). 

On exit from the Gateway Center, you will head up a path which leads right to NLM - bear left up the hill, walking past the Natcher Building (45) on your right before crossing the street to NLM.  The meeting is in the auditorium of the Lister Hill Centerthe Lindberg Room, on the 2nd Floor of the main library, which is the taller smaller building (numbered 38A) just behind the smaller 38) in front of the taller building (3838A).   Enter through the main doors of 38A; the auditorium will be straight ahead.   There will be signage directing you to the auditorium if you should enter 38 instead of 38A.  Walk left past the row of parked cars, then bear right, up to the main entrance, which faces Rockville Pike.  Take the stairs or elevator, on the right, up one floor. See the NIH Campus Map.

Meals and Refreshments

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