The 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans, and Labor, focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people.
Join us every month for our Gellman Concert Series now being held in the Auditorium!
Richmond Public Library is embarking on a new Facilities Strategic Plan and is collecting feedback from the community to help inform our new goals. We value your thoughts and ideas and would be grateful if you would take a few moments to fill out our Current Library User Survey. Have a friend, family member, or neighbor who doesn't currently use the library? We want to hear from them, too. Please share our Future Library User Survey link.
Discover upcoming events at Richmond Public Library by downloading and printing RPL’s What’s Happening Winter 2024-25 guide, or stop by your local branch and pick up a copy!
Join the Greening Richmond Public Libraries team at our Hull Street Branch (January 28 at 6:00 PM) and Belmont Branch (January 29 at 6:00 PM) to learn about the Greening Richmond Public Libraries initiative and how to get involved. Attend a meeting to provide valuable feedback on what you'd like to see in the outdoor transformation of these locations and/or fill out one of the questionnaires below.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated each year on the third Monday of January. It is meant to honor the life and achievements of the great civil rights leader, […]...
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
Our digital archive contains photographs and documents showing how Richmond Public Library has grown over the last 100 years.
Looking to access one of our databases or download an eBook? No problem. Our e-card is here to help with its easy sign up available online.
All of our Library locations offer free public meeting rooms. These rooms are available for educational, instructional, or civic programs when available.
Discover upcoming events at Richmond Public Library by downloading and printing RPL’s What’s Happening Winter 2024-25 guide.
View Richmond Public Library's full calendar of events.
