Mini-Van Mom: Lawrence Public Library

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Lawrence Public Library

While we were in Kansas, we ventured over to the Lawrence Public Library. I have been following them on Facebook for quite some time. I love their social media presence, and I just couldn't wait to see their physical building!

I can honestly say this was one of the most surprising libraries I've ever been in. The building is large, and built in a circle. (Hence the fiction loop below.) They have a large auditorium in the front as you enter the building, in addition to a coffee shop. Looking at the picture below - you can see the fiction loop along the back wall. You can also see the open doorway halfway down - that's where the circulation department is located, and you can also shortcut over to the non-fiction collection, the children's and young adult section and access the stairs to the basement. It's a gorgeous building that brings in light, air, and art - oh so much art. The building was breathtaking!

Join me in a tour of this beautiful building!

Front Entrance

The back of the building, along the fiction loop. Romance is on the right.

Coming off of the fiction loop and into the non-fiction. If you look at the front of the building, this is on the right hand side of the building.

The back corner of the building. Just look at those gorgeous windows! There's another set on the other side of the building, both overlook the big park across the street from the library.

The center of the building. I guess the proper word is atrium. Stairs to the downstairs on the left.

Children's is directly across. Look at that beautiful strand up above!

Downstairs. Meeting Rooms, Business Center, Computer Lab, and Local History Section. So many people down here - it was impossible to get pictures without faces.

Lovely artwork in the basement!

View from downstairs looking up.

Looking into the children's section from the atrium area.

You can't see it from here - but the city has flooded one end of the park across the street from the library to make an ice rink. You can kind of see the ice and the kids skating on it if you squint!