Seattle's public library branches

Map of 17 locations in Seattle, Washington

Seattle's branches do not share a timetable. Each one picks its own dark day and its own two late evenings, so the fact that decides a trip is which afternoon a branch opens at noon instead of ten, and which day it does not open at all. Running underneath that is the seismic retrofit programme on the 1910s Carnegie buildings, which has already taken one branch out of service into late 2026 and is on the August levy for two more.

Places in this collection

  • Wallingford Branch — Closed Fridays, and Tuesday is the single late evening at noon to 8 p.m.; Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday are 10 a.m. to 6…
  • University Branch — Closed until late 2026 for major renovations, including a seismic retrofit to make the building safer in an earthquake, so there is no poin…
  • Queen Anne Branch — Built with a $70,000 Carnegie donation made in 1911 and opened in 1914, making it one of the older working library buildings in the city. H…
  • Montlake Branch — Thursday is the only evening: noon to 8 p.m., where every other day of the week is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Open all seven days, which is not true…
  • Magnolia Branch — Monday is the closed day. Tuesday is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday are noon to 8 p.m., and Friday through Sunday are 10 a.m. to…
  • Lake City Branch — Open seven days from 10 a.m., with Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday running to 8 p.m. and the remaining four days to 6 p.m. It was named alo…
  • International District / Chinatown Branch — Closed Fridays. The other six days open at 10 a.m. and close at 6 p.m., so there is no late evening here at all, which matters more than us…
  • High Point Branch — The West Seattle fallback: when the West Seattle Branch closed on July 31, every pending hold there was transferred here, and staff will re…
  • Greenwood Branch — Seven days a week with a 10 a.m. opening every one of them, and three late evenings: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to 8 p.m., the rest to…
  • Green Lake Branch — Friday is the closed day, Tuesday and Wednesday run noon to 8 p.m., and Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. One of…
  • Douglass-Truth Branch — This is the branch with the Library's extensive African American collection, housed alongside a wing added in 2006. It opened life as the Y…
  • Columbia Branch — A Carnegie building that opened on December 31, 1915, paid for out of a $70,000 donation made in 1911, and it is the age of the structure t…
  • Capitol Hill Branch — Wednesday is the only noon opening and the only 8 p.m. close; the other six days are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday included. The branch garage…
  • Broadview Branch — Sunday is the closed day here, and the only one: Monday to Saturday it opens at 10 a.m., running to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursd…
  • Beacon Hill Branch — Wednesday and Thursday start late and finish late: doors at noon, open until 8 p.m. Every other day it is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday include…
  • Ballard Branch — Open seven days, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with the late evenings on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, when it runs to 8 p.m. The Carnegie building…
  • Central Library — Rooms here work differently from the branches: neighborhood meeting rooms book free, while the Central Library's event spaces and meeting r…

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