All locations will be closed on Friday, December 5, for staff training.
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All locations will be closed on Friday, December 5, for staff training.
Monday-Thursday: 9:30am-7:00pm
Friday: 9:30am-6:00pm
Saturday: 9:30am-5:00pm
Sunday: 1:00pm-5:00pm
Kloiber Foundation STEAM Lab Hours:
Programming and drop-ins available
Monday – Friday and most Saturdays.
See Kloiber Foundation STEAM Lab events for more information.
140 East Main Street
Lexington, KY 40507
859-231-5500
Located in the heart of downtown Lexington, Central Library features a Foucault pendulum and equine frieze by Adalin Wichman. Come to explore the Kentucky Room genealogy and local history collection, Central Library Gallery, the Farish Theater, Friends of the Library Book Cellar, and the Kloiber Foundation STEAM Lab.
Two hours of free parking is available with a ticket validated inside Central Library.