City of Austin administrative offices and other municipal facilities will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 24 and Wednesday. Dec. 25 in observance of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Offices will also be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 1 in observance of New Year’s Day.

Trash, recycling, compost and yard trimmings collection for Austin Resource Recovery for residential collection customers will “slide” a day on Christmas and New Year’s. If your normal collection day falls on or after Christmas day or New Year's Day, or if it falls after the holiday in the same week, your collection will slide by one day. Wednesday, Dec. 25 collection “slides” to Thursday, Dec. 26, and Thursday, Dec. 26 collection “slides” to Friday, Dec. 27, and so on. Wednesday, Jan. 1 collection “slides” to Thursday, Jan. 2 and so on.

The Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Hours for the rest of the week will not be impacted.

All City museums and recreation, cultural arts, nature, and senior centers will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. On New Year’s Eve, all City museums and recreation, senior, and cultural arts centers will close at 6 p.m. and be closed on New Year’s Day. All nature centers and the Zilker Botanical Gardens will close at 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and be closed on New Year’s Day.

On Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, all aquatics facilities will close at 4 p.m., except Barton Springs Pool, which will remain open but operate without lifeguards from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. On Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, all aquatics facilities will be closed and Barton Springs Pool will operate with no lifeguards from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Final reservations and carts at GolfATX will be issued at 12 p.m. and the driving range will close at 1:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The pro shop and concessions will close at 1:30. On Christmas Day, all golf courses will be closed.

All city tennis centers will be closed on Christmas Day.

The Austin Public Library, Recycled Reads Bookstore, and the Austin History Center will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The Austin Public Library, Recycled Reads Bookstore and the Austin History Center will close at 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and will be closed on New Year’s Day. The Gift Shop at the Central Library will be closed December 24 through the 26.

The Austin Animal Center will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The Center will close at 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and will be closed on New Year’s Day.

For questions about city services or information call 3-1-1. You can also submit service requests from the Austin 3-1-1 mobile app.

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