Hennepin County Library

Hennepin County Library
LocationHennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Established1885
Branches41 (list)
Other information
Websitewww.hclib.org
The Minneapolis Central Library in downtown Minneapolis, designed by César Pelli, completed in 2006
The first central Minneapolis Public Library, early 1900s
2011 Hennepin County Library card
Ridgedale Library, the location of the Hennepin County Library headquarters

Hennepin County Library is a public library system serving Hennepin County, Minnesota, US. The current iteration of Hennepin County Library was formed by the merger of urban Minneapolis Public Library and suburban Hennepin County Library on January 1, 2008. The system has 41 library locations, deposit collections at nursing homes and correctional facilities, mail service to the homebound, and extensive outreach services. With more than 4 million items in its collection, the Hennepin County Library system is one of the largest public libraries in the United States.[1] The library is a department of Hennepin County Government. The library headquarters are in the Ridgedale Library in suburban Minnetonka.[2] The library system has an eleven-member advisory Library Board appointed by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners.[3] It is a member of the Metropolitan Library Service Agency, a consortium of eight Twin Cities library systems.

  1. ^ Knudsen, Cory (2023-04-06). "Hennepin County Library comeback plan". KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  2. ^ "About Hennepin County Library". Hennepin County Library. Archived from the original on 2010-02-25. Retrieved March 24, 2010. Hennepin County Library launched in 1922; its headquarters are at Ridgedale Library in Minnetonka, Minn.
  3. ^ "Hennepin County Library Board". Retrieved January 20, 2015.