FREE TOURS OF CENTRAL LIBRARY

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ARTS & CRAFTS @ CENTRAL

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CENTRAL'S GRAND REOPENING

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EARLY CLOSING

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OPENING THE DOORS

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PARKING AT CENTRAL LIBRARY

We regret to inform you that we can no longer offer free parking to our customers at Central Library. You will find an explanation of public parking options here, and an interactive map of pay lots in the downtown area here.

GET A ROOM!

Did you know that your organization or group can rent Central Library (well, probably not the whole enormous building--more likely a small but impressive section of it)?

CREATIVE EXPERIENCE AT CENTRAL LIBRARY

Creative Experience is a digital maker space. It is a platform for collaborative digital media creation and publishing. The space inspires ingenuity, encourages artistry, and cultivates expertise. Upon entering the Creative Experience, the user is presented with four Pods. Each Pod contains software and hardware that allows users to create, edit, and digitally publish audio, video, photo, print, and interactive content for the web.

Creative Experience also features a Recording Room. The room has a Mac with Pro Tools, Garage Band, Audacity, and Apple Logic Pro, as well as a mixer, speakers, three microphones, an eighty-eight key keyboard, and headphones. We encourage users to bring in their own instruments and we have numerous cables to connect them. In addition to recording music, users can record oral projects, such as podcasts, oral histories, or spoken word poetry.

More info here.

CENTRAL LIBRARY TOURS

Have you taken a tour of Central Library since our massive renovation was completed? If not, you've got a treat in store:

CENTRAL LIBRARY TOUR INFO

CENTRAL LIBRARY PARKING

Downtown is busy with shopping, sporting events, restaurants, concerts, and Central Library! We want to make it as easy as possible for you to get to us. There is a large lot at Olive Street and 15th Street available for free parking for those using Central Library. A parking token is needed to raise the gates when exiting. Tokens are available at the Olive Street and Locust Street Issue Desks within Central Library. Check at either desk when you arrive.

If you are parking at a meter, the meters are monitored from 8am until 7pm Monday through Saturday. The meters accept nickels, dimes and quarters. Quarters are your best choice as they are good for 20 minutes. The meters are good for a maximum of 2 hours at a time.

There are also numerous parking lots in the downtown area with various rates.

If you have any questions, please call 314-241-2288 or Ask A Librarian.

PARKING AT CENTRAL LIBRARY

Beginning on 1 July 2013, the City of St. Louis will start to enforce parking violations in the downtown area on Saturdays. The meters will be checked between the hours of 8 AM and 7 PM.

Library users will still normally have the option of parking on the lot we own located at 15th and Olive Streets (directly behind the Campbell House Museum). You can drive directly onto the lot, but will need to pick up a token at the circulation desk in the Great Hall (2nd Floor) in order to exit the lot.

Meters will still not be checked on Sundays (the first floor only of Central Library is open on Sundays from 1 PM-5 PM).

CENTRAL LIBRARY REOPENING

Central Library will reopen after a massive two-year renovation on December 9, 2012 (1 PM-5 PM). All our Genealogy materials (books, periodicals, microfilm, and reference computers) will now be located on the Third Floor, which includes these Library departments:

Genealogy
History, Geography, and Travel
St. Louis Local Area Studies
Rare Books and Special Collections

The Genealogy Department now is Wi-Fi enabled (with plenty of electric outlets), so feel free to bring your laptop, netbook, or tablet!

Hours for the Library will be:

M-Th: 10 AM-9 PM
Fri-Sat: 10 AM-6 PM
Sun: 1 PM-5 PM

On Sundays, only our First Floor will be open to the public.

Go here to take a virtual tour of the new Central Library, to learn more about the Central renovation project, and to discover how you can make a small contribution to the Central Library revitalization!

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CENTRAL LIBRARY CLOSURE

St. Louis Public Library's Central Library in downtown St. Louis is closing on 14 June 2010 for a two-year renovation project. Here's the official announcement from the SLPL website:

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NOTE: Central Library is located at 1301 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO 63103. History & Genealogy phone number is 314-539-0385.