Galena Public Library District

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The Galena Public Library District will provide patrons access to innovative library services, delivered in an efficient manner, that will:

Assist them to continue to grow and learn throughout their lives

Provide the materials, programs and services needed to meet their educational and recreational needs

Enable them to find and use information in a variety of formats

Provide the information serves needed to answer their questions

Enable them to explore their personal and community heritage

Our September Book Clubs!
08/25/2026

Our September Book Clubs!

Due to repairs, our parking lot on Magazine Street is currently closed. Please park on Bench Street when visiting the li...
08/25/2026

Due to repairs, our parking lot on Magazine Street is currently closed. Please park on Bench Street when visiting the library today, August 25.

Ten of us gathered at The Grape Escape for Silent Book Club this past week. There's no assigned reading - just book love...
08/23/2026

Ten of us gathered at The Grape Escape for Silent Book Club this past week. There's no assigned reading - just book lovers coming together on cozy locations and reading. BYO book and join us on September 17 at 5:30 pm at Goerdts' Brewhaus!

Taste test and tier rank different varieties or flavors of each month’s snack! 🍽️
08/19/2026

Taste test and tier rank different varieties or flavors of each month’s snack! 🍽️

Fifth through twelfth graders are invited to drop in and play board games, card games, video games, and more with friend...
08/19/2026

Fifth through twelfth graders are invited to drop in and play board games, card games, video games, and more with friends! 🎮🃏🎲 Free pizza!

Tell us what the library can do to better serve you at Teen Advisory Group! 7th-12th graders will be given the opportuni...
08/19/2026

Tell us what the library can do to better serve you at Teen Advisory Group! 7th-12th graders will be given the opportunity to earn volunteer hours for suggesting programs, prizes, library materials (books, video games, movies, etc.), and more! This a hybrid program; for those unable to attend in person, you may fill out the online form on our website.

Thanks to Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Galena, IL for donating a pool party for all our summer reading participants...
08/14/2026

Thanks to Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Galena, IL for donating a pool party for all our summer reading participants who read at least 12 hours this summer! What a great way to close out the summer!

The League of Women Voters of Jo Daviess County are on the library lawn registering voters until 3 pm!
08/08/2026

The League of Women Voters of Jo Daviess County are on the library lawn registering voters until 3 pm!

Learn more about Margaret Gardner who taught primary schoolers and kindergartners in Galena from 1879 to 1935. She was t...
08/08/2026

Learn more about Margaret Gardner who taught primary schoolers and kindergartners in Galena from 1879 to 1935. She was the first historian to record history of the Old Stockade while she lived there from 1884 to her death in 1941.

Read about her here: https://www.galena2026.org/margaret-gardner/
See articles, photos, and more from the Galena Public Library archives regarding Margaret, Central School, and the Old Stockade here: https://library.biblioboard.com/curation/galena_2026

Our featured Galenian this month is Margaret Gardner! She taught three generations of students for over sixty years and was a steward of the Old Stockade! Read more about her, Central School, and the stockade here: https://www.galena2026.org/margaret-gardner/

To explore digitized articles, photos, and documents held by the Galena Public Library click here: https://library.biblioboard.com/collection/7eedde90-0790-42dc-8afb-590f80d14c77

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601 S Bench Street
Galena, IL
61036

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 7pm
Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 10am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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