50 East Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157
Christina Ogle, Branch Manager
Branch Hours
Monday - Thursday: 9 AM - 8 PM
Friday - Saturday: 9 AM - 5 PM
Check Currents or the Calendar of Events site for more events.
Social workers are unable to provide clinical and therapeutic services, direct financial support, or make eligibility determinations.
Please bring your own bottle of water to enjoy with our salty popcorn.
Note: This week's film as a special start time — 5 PM.
This year’s program features 10 exciting PE-style stations, including rolling, underhand and overhand tossing, an obstacle course, and much more! Participants can move at their own pace, completing challenges and earning stickers on a special challenge card. Plus, each child will receive a fun coloring page to take home!
Come jump, roll, toss, and play while bringing color to your world—only at your local library! This program will be outside, so please wear sunscreen and bring a water bottle.
Pet Names is a Maryland-based duo that’s folk rock in the studio, and rock folk on the stage. Partners in both music and in life, Camila (guitar) and Maggie (bass) co-write all of their original music, drawing inspiration across decades and genres. Their sound is rooted in rich vocal harmonies and lively instrumentals, with lyrics ranging from thoughtful to tongue-in-cheek.
In partnership with Fine Tuned Presents.
Please bring your own bottle of water to enjoy with our salty popcorn.
Sunday Night Big Band will entertain you with instrumental and vocal music in the style that became popular in the 1940s and remains a favorite today. The instrumental harmonies and familiar vocal charts from artists like Sinatra, Basie, and Miller are enjoyable to fans of all ages. The band has been based in Westminster since 2014 and performs in many local venues.
In partnership with Fine Tuned Presents.
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.