360 Degree Branch Tour
50 East Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157
410.386.4490 v
410.386.4497 f
Branch Manager:
Christina Kuntz
410.386.4490 x7739
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Hours
Monday - Thursday, 9 AM - 8:45 PM, Friday - Saturday, 9 AM - 5 PM, Sunday 1 PM - 5 PM
Upcoming Programs - Click to view programs for the next week.
Read and Play
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Monday April 23, 2018
9:30 AM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For ages Birth - 24 Months
Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities which allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Ready, Set, School: Dance
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Monday April 23, 2018
10:30 AM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For ages 3 - 6
An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.
World War I Lecture Series: The Treaty of Versailles and its Aftermath
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Monday April 23, 2018
1:00 PM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For ages 13 - Adults
Join returning guest lecturer Gary Kavanagh for this four-week lecture series exploring how the competing political ideologies of World War I caused World War II. Gary will explain the outbreak of World War I, delve into the major battles and events, the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath, and review how the confrontation of the three great ideologies of the 20th Century, communism, liberal democracy, and fascism, led to the cataclysm of World War II. Gary holds a Master’s Degree in Modern European and Diplomatic History from GWU and taught secondary school in Prince George's County, Maryland. Gary has hosted several very popular history lectures here at the Westminster Branch.
Let’s Move: Dance
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Tuesday April 24, 2018
10:00 AM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For ages 2 - 5
Our regular, theme-based storytime with a twist and a stretch and maybe a yoga pose! There will be an age-appropriate story, songs, and a learning activity along with the opportunity to get up and get moving!
Nursery Rhyme Time
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Tuesday April 24, 2018
11:00 AM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For ages Birth - 24 Months
Have fun with your baby and remember songs, fingerplays, and rhymes from your childhood! Songs and rhymes provide many lifelong benefits to help your child with their language and develop an appreciation for rhyme and rhythm.
Pajama Party Storytime: Dance
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Tuesday April 24, 2018
7:00 PM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For ages Birth - 8
Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Twos and Threes Together: Dance
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Wednesday April 25, 2018
10:00 AM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For ages 2 - 3
This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Read and Play
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Wednesday April 25, 2018
11:00 AM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For ages Birth - 24 Months
Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities which allow children to practice skills and socialize.
LEGO® Creations
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Wednesday April 25, 2018
3:30 PM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For ages 5 - Adults
Want to build a castle? Or a spaceship? Or something totally new and different? Join us for a LEGO® program where you can build whatever you would like! We supply the blocks and you supply the creativity! Bring a grownup and build together!
Twos and Threes Together: Dance
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Thursday April 26, 2018
10:00 AM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For ages 2 - 3
This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Read and Play
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Thursday April 26, 2018
11:00 AM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For ages Birth - 24 Months
Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities which allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Family Storytime: Dance
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Thursday April 26, 2018
4:00 PM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For ages Birth - 8
We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Creative Playtime
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Friday April 27, 2018
10:00 AM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For ages 3 - 8
Play is a fantastic way for children to develop their critical thinking skills. Come join us for an open play time where children can be imaginative and creative while exploring blocks, LEGO® blocks, playdough, and more!
Rabbit Habits
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Saturday April 28, 2018
10:00 AM - Add to Outlook calendar | Add to Google calendar
For All Ages
Learn about the care and habits of rabbits. Meet and greet some of these friendly fellows.
Directions - Local map
From 795
Take Route 140 west to Westminster. Stay on Route 140 for approximately 11 miles. Exit to Route 27 immediately after passing Town Mall. Take Route 27 South toward Westminster. At the first traffic light, turn left onto Main Street. The library is the second building on the right.
Services
Free Wi-Fi access, public Internet computers, children's learning games, copy machine, scan documents to email, public fax machine, book drop open 24/7, pay County tax bills.
Meeting rooms
Meeting rooms are available for public use Sunday through Saturday, excluding library-observed holidays. Meetings must be completed and the building cleared by 11:00 PM.
We have 2 meeting rooms available for public use:
Large Meeting Room - Capacity: 50
Small Meeting Room - Capacity: 10
Visit our Meeting Room page for more information and to place a meeting room reservation request.
Exploration Commons at 50 East
Exploration Commons at 50 East is an interactive space where people, ideas and tools come together to create, innovate and collaborate in a Makerspace, Culinary Center and Meeting Space. To learn more about this new space that will be available in 2020, please visit our Exploration Commons at 50 East website.
Branch history
Library service in Carroll County began in 1863, when the Westminster Public Library was founded by Reverend J. A. Monroe and Dr. Charles Billingslea. The library was supported by membership dues and fines, and was open to the public on Friday afternoons. Relocating over the years from the Odd Fellows Hall to the new Times Building and then to the second floor of the Wantz Building, Westminster Public Library was still a one-room library in the 1940s.
In 1949, Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Davis announced that they would give a public library building to Westminster and provide an endowment for its support. At that time, the Westminster Public Library turned over its operation and assets to the Davis Library. The Davis Library, housed in a former Methodist church building, was formally dedicated as a library in May, 1951.
In 1958, after ten years of lobbying, a county-wide library system was established, with the Davis Library operating as the central branch. Carroll County's first modern library facility, the Westminster Branch, opened at 50 E. Main Street in March, 1980.
A major interior and exterior renovation to the building and park began in 2008. The interior renovation included a complete redesign of interior public space and features a train-themed children's area. Improvements to the Mary Lou Dewey Park in front of the branch included a redesigned entrance, new landscaping and walkways, and the Booth Memorial Stage, a performance platform for concerts and educational programming. Private funding made the addition of Wild Imaginings, a library-inspired sculpture by world-renown artist Bart Walter, possible.