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LIBRARY INFORMATION
Brooks Memorial Library
224 Main Street,
Brattleboro,VT 05301
phone 802-254-5290 fax 802-257-2309
For general information and reference queries, please use the Ask-A-Librarian service
For genealogy or Brattleboro history queries, please use the AncestorAsk service
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Hours |
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The Brooks Memorial Library is open:
10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday through Wednesday
1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday
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Directions |
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The Brooks Memorial Library is located on the intersection
of Routes 5 and 30 on Main street next to the Municipal Center.
From I-91 north or south:
- Take Exit 2.
- Turn left onto Route 9/Western Avenue.
- After approximately 1½ miles, the road splits (There is a service station at the split). Bear left, which is High Street.
- Follow High Street to a 4-way flashing stop; continue straight through that intersection until you reach Main Street. Turn left onto Main Street.
- The Library is two blocks up on the left, just before the Wells Fountain and District Court building. There is metered parking on the street.
From Route 9 east from New Hampshire:
- Take I-91 southbound and get off at Exit 2. Follow the directions above.
From Route 9 west from southern Vermont:
- Follow Route 9 east to I-91 interchange; at that point Route 9 is also Western Avenue. Follow the directions above.
From Route 30:
- Follow the signs to the downtown shopping district. The Library is on your right as you approach downtown, just beyond the large brick Municipal Center building on the right and the Wells Fountain on the left.
Parking options for the Brooks Memorial Library:
There are meters near the Library on both sides of Main Street. If all the spaces are taken, or if you need to park for more than two hours, you might try one of the nearby parking lots.
The High/Grove and Harris lots are both public. Harris has meters and
High/Grove has pay & display ticket boxes. Most of the Municipal Lot is
restricted to town employees and citizens paying taxes, but there are a few meters just north of the Municipal Center next to the Library (the building labeled “Historical Society” on the map below).
If you’re planning to spend many hours in Brattleboro or if you are visiting sites on the other end of Main Street, the Parking Garage on Flat and Elliot Streets has long-term, relatively inexpensive parking. It’s a couple blocks south of High Street.
All parking is free in the evenings and on Sundays & holidays.
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Mission |
The purpose of Brooks Memorial Library is to serve the learning,
information, personal enrichment, and leisure needs of people
of all ages in the Brattleboro community. To pursue this purpose,
the library 
provides ready access to basic library services and resources.
It seeks to expand individual access to information through
the use of current technologies, and offers the assistance
people need to find, evaluate, and use electronic and print
information resources.
Brooks strives to foster community cultural life by hosting
public meetings and exhibits, housing historic, fine arts,
and civic collections, and providing spaces that attract
adults, teens, and children to read, study, and browse.
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Collection Map |
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Main Floor and Mezzanine - downloadable.pdf
Children's Room/third floor - inquire at desk
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Library Statistics |
Below are documents to library data that include information on collections; circulation transactions; borrowers; and online, reference, and miscellaneous statistics; comparisons with other Vermont libraries; and data on budget, collections, and physical space.
Brooks Memorial Library Statistical Profile 2005-2010
Brooks Memorial Library Budget, Collections, Physical Space Data
Brooks Memorial Library Comparison Data, VT Libraries >5,000 Population
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Goals |
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Spirit of Life |
The Spirit of Life was created by Daniel Chester French --Fine
Arts Collection in 1923. Brooks Memorial Library. One of six
replicas cast in bronze modeled after the Spencer Trask Memorial
Fountain in Saratoga Springs, New York. Photo credit: Greg
Bolosky.
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Library Card |
It is easy to get a library card. If you live in Brattleboro,
a library card may be obtained by presenting one form of identification
with your residential address. If you live outside of Brattleboro,
a card may be purchased for $48.00 per year ($25.00 for six
months). Extra cards may be purchased for $5.00.
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