New Library Opens, March 17, 2006

The new Library building opened on Friday, March 17, 2006 after undergoing an extensive reconstruction project.

For directions to the Library, click here. For a guide to the new Library building, click here. There is no change in Library hours.

Here are some photos from opening day. Click on one of the small images to see a larger version.

Circulation Desk	Circulation Desk as seen from the second floor	Circulation Desk
Paperbacks and new books	Fiction stacks	Community Room, with a display of construction photos
Reference Desk	Reference Collection	Reference area and Biography stacks
Reference area computers	Reference tables	Study rooms
Friends Gallery	Second floor, looking toward the Highland Avenue entrance	Welcome sign inside Highland Avenue entrance
Nonfiction stacks	Second floor reading area	Young Adults Room
Children's Room	Children's Room	Computers in Children's Room
Library Director Ann MacFate (left)	Portrait of William Carter, who donated the land for Needham's first public library
Former Library Directors Beth Rich and Vivian McIver	Library Trustees Gail Hedges and Lois Bacon	Bosworth Room
Entrance to the Wyeth Room	Wyeth Room