Directions to the Hoover Institution

Parking
There is a day-use parking lot on Galvez Street at Campus Drive that accepts currency, coins, or credit cards. On Saturdays all campus parking, except handicapped spaces, is available without charge to visitors. Campus parking map

Caltrain
Stanford University is near the Palo Alto Transit Center.

Stanford Marguerite Shuttle
From the Palo Alto Transit Center, catch the Line Y (Clockwise) or the Line X shuttle to the corner of Serra and Galvez.

Users with disabilities
The Library is accessible by a ramp on the west side of the Hoover Tower, between the Tower and the Cummings Art Building. For more information about accessibility for the Hoover Library please call the Circulation Desk at (650) 723-2058 or send your request to hoovercirc@stanford.edu.

The Archives is accessible by a ramp from Crothers Way (behind the Herbert Hoover Memorial Building and Hoover Tower, between the Herbert Hoover Memorial Building and Green Library) and then an elevator just inside the front door of the building. For more information, please call (650) 723-3563 or send your request to Carol Leadenham.

Places to eat
Please visit Campus Eateries

Places to stay
SU Conference Services: Local Hotels and Motels
Lodging in the Palo Alto area

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