It’s #WALibrarySnapshot Day! Throughout the day we’ll be sharing photos and stories from across our locations. Follow the hashtag to keep up with a typical day at The Seattle Public Library. Aaaaand we’re off! | The Seattle Public Library
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It’s #WALibrarySnapshot Day! Throughout the day we’ll be sharing photos and stories from across our locations. Follow the hashtag to keep up with a typical day at The Seattle Public Library. Aaaaand we’re off! | The Seattle Public Library
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🎥🎬🤩🧑‍🎨 LeLuna Media joined us last week in capturing behind the scenes moments that led up to our 2022 Art Exhibition Opening Reception. A special night that celebrated local artists we collaborated with to highlight our programs and services this year: Cyrus Huston Kellie Kawahara-Niimi Sloane Miller Gabby Park Erin Shigaki Brandon Thomas Sharon Tu Adrian Valencia Jorge Villavicencio Weren’t able attend the opening night? No worries, the exhibition is still open to public on the 8th floor
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🎥🎬🤩🧑‍🎨 LeLuna Media joined us last week in capturing behind the scenes moments that led up to our 2022 Art Exhibition Opening Reception. A special night that celebrated local artists we collaborated with to highlight our programs and services this year: Cyrus Huston Kellie Kawahara-Niimi Sloane Miller Gabby Park Erin Shigaki Brandon Thomas Sharon Tu Adrian Valencia Jorge Villavicencio Weren’t able attend the opening night? No worries, the exhibition is still open to public on the 8th floor
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Celebrating 20 years: The story behind Seattle’s iconic eye-catching library
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Celebrating 20 years: The story behind Seattle’s iconic eye-catching library
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The iconic 4th floor of the Central Library, aka the Red Floor, is now open to the public! Come in to see what all the fuss is about. | The Seattle Public Library
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The iconic 4th floor of the Central Library, aka the Red Floor, is now open to the public! Come in to see what all the fuss is about. | The Seattle Public Library
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The Seattle Public Library on Reels
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This Seattle library is a showcase of art, architecture and community
This Seattle library is a showcase of art, architecture and community
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✅ Seattle Public Library - Data, Photos & Plans - WikiArquitectura
✅ Seattle Public Library - Data, Photos & Plans - WikiArquitectura
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Did you know SPL has tons of public art you can see for free? 🖼 🗿 The “Reading in Relation” mural by E.T. Russian (@letmebedoubleclear) is the latest! You can find it outside the ZAPP Zine Room (which also features E.T.’s zines) on Level 7 of the Central Library. E.T. is a multi-sensory artist, maker of comics and zines, disability justice advocate and healer from the Pacific Northwest. They shared the inspiration behind the mural, and why creating public art is important to them. Learn more a
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Behind the design of Seattle's library
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Detective work by Seattle library ties names and places to massive donation of images
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Seattle Public Library’s most-checked-out books in 2025
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The Douglass-Truth Branch opened in 1914 - but was known by a different name until 50 years ago. Brian Den Hartog-Lindsey, curator of the African American Collection, tells the story of how a years-long effort by community activists transformed the branch, culminating in a new name. Join us on Saturday, December 13 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the renaming! 📍Douglass-Truth Branch 🕛 12 - 5 p.m. 🎉 Tours, presentations, community-building, a performance by the Garfield Jazz Quartet, and
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✨ See our plan for the next 10 years We listened as you told us what you need from The Seattle Public Library. Things like... 💻 More access to books and information 🎶 More diverse programming across all age groups 🤝 More support for our partner organizations With your input, we created a vision for the next decade, and a plan to bring it to life. That's why our Strategic Plan is more than ideas. It’s a guide we’ll follow to improve services for everyone and make a lasting impact on our city.
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10 Fascinating Facts About Seattle Central Library
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🕙 Our open hours are expanding at 9 locations today! 📚 🥳 We’re adding hours at nine branches across the city. All library locations will be open at least 6 days a week! One more reason to celebrate: the schedule is expected to stay the same throughout 2025! See your branch’s schedule at www.spl.org/Hours. | The Seattle Public Library
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Tessa Hulls is a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novelist, former Book Bingo card artist, and patron of the International District-Chinatown Branch! For Library Card Sign-up Month, Tessa shares how trips to the library helped her write “Feeding Ghosts,” and why she’s proud to call IDC one of her “home” branches. Whether you need a good book, some inspiration, or connection with your community, the Library is here for you! | The Seattle Public Library
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Seattle's hidden food scene: Phil the Culture investigates
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Seattle Public Library Holds Harm Reduction Courses
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📚 This weird looking building in Downtown Seattle is actually the Central Branch of the Seattle Public Library. The space opened May 23, 2004 and boasts 11 floors that are home to over 1 million books, the innovative “Books Spiral”, a 275-seat auditorium, nearly 10,000 windows, and numerous open spaces and architecture wonders! #seattle #seattlepubliclibrary #spl #seattlearchitecture
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Take a Tour of the Central Library
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Our Artist in Residence @vaquero_azul_art is hosting open studio hours! Join us at the Central Library December 16-19, 12:30-2:30 p.m to hear about his design process, and how he is incorporating LGTB2QIA design choices into traditional folklórico garments. Folklórico is a style of dance that is kept alive today by Mesoamerican Indigenous communities. Vaquero Azul is a costume designer for @danzamonarcas, one of only a few LGBTQ folklórico groups in the U.S. and Mexico. Register at the link in o
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Today is Buy Nothing Day, and your Library is a great place to buy nothing, and do a lot for free! We've got free books, movies, tutoring, newspapers, author talks, job resources, language learning tools, and so much more. And we haven't charged late fines for overdue items in almost 5 years! | The Seattle Public Library
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Need a date you can always rely on? Our SPL staff have you covered. Dive into your next literary crush this Valentine’s Day! Check out the link in our bio for the full list. | The Seattle Public Library
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Seattle Public Library branches rack up more than $434,000 in damage during pandemic
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How a special Seattle Public Library card is fighting censorship
Apr 10, 2024
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You can now return books and other items to Seattle Public Library
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Candidate for Seattle Public Library director resigns from previous role amid residency controversy
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Phil the Culture tastes food, coffee, & cocktails in Seattle, WA
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Did you know half of Washington’s population lives in the Seattle metropolitan area, and half of the state is covered in forests? In our next episode of American Stories: A Reading Road Trip, discover how Washington’s verdant landscape impacts its rich literary culture. Bookmark sights like Olympic National Park (Twilight, anyone?) and check out over 30,000 zines at The Seattle Public Library. Before you leave, take your TBR list to local bookstores like Auntie's Bookstore or Elliott Bay Book Co
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Exploring Seattle Public Library: A Perfect Sibling Day
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