AAC Library VIP Behind The Scenes Tour

The AAC Library is a gem, packed full of climbing history! You and 5 friends will join Library Director, Katie Sauter, for a special, behind the scenes tour of the library and museum.

You'll get access to places and things not open to the public. From rare manuscripts and books, to original photographs from Ansel Adams and Brad Washburn, to letters from John Muir and the 1938 K2 expedition members, you will get a glimpse of climbing history.

Established in 1916, the AAC Library is one of the oldest alpine libraries in the United States. We have a collection of more than 20,000 books and videos devoted to mountaineering, alpinism, rock climbing, ice climbing, and bouldering. The Library focuses on American and foreign guidebooks, mountain regions everywhere, including Mount Everest and the Himalayas, and the Alps. Our mission as climbing's cultural heritage archive is to preserve mountaineering history. The collection includes nearly 600 journals and magazines from all over the world, and over 500 videos and DVDs.

Rare and non-circulating collections include:

The AAC Institutional Archives

Journals and Magazines

John M. Boyle Himalayan Library Manuscript collections

Photographs and films

Rare books dating back to the 16th century

The Central Asia Collection