Louisville Public Library
🏢 City of Louisville · Louisville, Colorado
Louisville Public Library
Born from a coal-town book drive in 1924 and now housed in a 31,000-square-foot civic landmark that echoes Louisville's mining heritage, the Louisville Public Library offers a hands-on Makerspace, a Community Seed Library, and free passes to seven regional museums and Colorado State Parks.
🕑 Library Hours
| Monday | 10am–8pm |
| Tuesday | 10am–8pm |
| Wednesday | 10am–8pm |
| Thursday | 10am–8pm |
| Friday | 10am–5pm |
| Saturday | 10am–5pm |
| Sunday | 1pm–5pm |
Hours may vary on holidays; check the library site before visiting.
📍 Location, Contact & Directions
Address: 951 Spruce Street, Louisville, CO 80027
Phone: (303) 335-4849
Website: louisvilleco.gov
Plus Code: 85FPXVH9+6H (Louisville, CO)
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📍 Plan your visit
🚉 Getting there
951 Spruce St, Louisville, CO 80027. Get transit & driving directions → (live subway, bus & car routes).
🚘 Parking
Free parking lot, paid parking lot nearby.
♿ Accessibility
Includes wheelchair-accessible entrance, accessible parking.
🛀 Amenities
Baby changing table.
⭐ Visitor rating
4.8 / 5 from 166 Google reviews.
🕑 Best time to go
Usually calmest soon after opening; busiest around 11 am.
Visit details from the library’s Google Business Profile, verified October 2026 — confirm on official page before a special-date trip.
📖 About Louisville Public Library
The Louisville Public Library traces its roots to 1924, when the Chinook Campfire Girls collected donated books in an upstairs room of the old town hall on Main Street — a grassroots start in a community shaped by coal mining since 1877. The Saturday Study Club took over management in 1926, and the City of Louisville formally assumed control in October 1963. Today's two-story, 31,000-square-foot building at 951 Spruce Street opened August 7, 2006, designed by Humphries Poli Architects of Denver with a civic plaza that honors the town's mining heritage through brick, stone, and steel. The library serves Louisville and Superior residents and is a member of the Marmot Library Network, giving cardholders shared access to collections at Boulder, Broomfield, Lafayette, Longmont, and Loveland.
⭐ What makes this library special
- Founded 1924 by the Chinook Campfire Girls — one of Colorado's most community-driven library origin stories, in a town built on 19th-century coal mines
- 31,000 sq ft building (opened August 7, 2006) designed by Humphries Poli Architects with a civic plaza referencing Louisville's coal-mining heritage
- Makerspace with LulzBot Mini 3D printer, Cricut craft cutters, sewing machines, GoPro, telescope, and microscope checkouts
- Community Seed Library on the second floor — borrow vegetable, herb, flower, and native plant seeds, grow them, and return a portion for future patrons
- Adventure Passes for free entry to 7 regional venues: Butterfly Pavilion, Denver Botanic Gardens, Fiske Planetarium, History Colorado Center, Wings Over the Rockies, WOW! Children's Museum, and Center for Colorado Women's History
📱 Digital Resources — Free with Your Library Card
Louisville cardholders can borrow, stream, and research free through Colorado's shared digital collections:
📚 Services
- Book, DVD, and CD lending
- Makerspace (3D printing, Cricut cutters, sewing machines, SparkFun Inventor's Kits, green-screen digital camera)
- Equipment checkout: GoPro, telescope, microscope, BB-8 Robot, Cricut electric cutter
- Community Seed Library (second floor, near Makerspace)
- Colorado State Parks Pass checkout (1-week loan, Louisville and Superior residents only)
- Adventure Passes to 7 regional museums and cultural venues
- 4 study rooms (individuals and small groups)
- 3 meeting rooms (groups of 5+, nonprofits, educational and cultural organizations)
- Printing, copying, and scanning
- Ancestry Library Edition and genealogy databases
- Library gallery exhibitions
🎸 Programs
- Summer Reading Challenge (all ages)
- Storytime and early literacy programs for children and families
- Build It! and Messy Art drop-in activities for kids
- Teen Anime Club
- Makerspace monthly classes (woodworking, crochet, glass etching, iron-on design, watercolor)
- Introduction to Genealogy Research with Ancestry Library Edition
- Adult computer and tech help classes
- Staff Booklist series (monthly themed recommendations)
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Why does the library building have a plaza referencing coal mining?
Louisville was founded in 1877 when the Welch Mine opened — one of the first coal mines in the Northern Coalfield of Boulder and Weld counties. At its peak, some 30 mines operated beneath and around the town, including the Acme Mine which extracted two million tons of coal from directly under Main Street. When Humphries Poli Architects designed the current building (opened 2006), the civic entry plaza was intentionally conceived to honor that mining heritage through brick, stone, and steel.
Can I borrow more than just books — what's available in the Makerspace and Library of Things?
Yes. Beyond the Makerspace's in-house equipment (LulzBot Mini 3D printer, Cricut craft cutters, sewing machines, SparkFun Inventor's Kits), cardholders can check out a GoPro camera, digital camera with tripod, telescope, microscope, Cricut electric cutter, and a BB-8 Robot. The Community Seed Library on the second floor lets you borrow vegetable, herb, flower, and native plant seeds to grow at home, then return a portion for future patrons.
How did the library start in 1924, and how did it become a city library?
The library began as a grassroots project: the newly chartered Chinook Campfire Girls collected books donated by Louisville residents and opened a small collection in an upstairs room of the old town hall on Main Street. By 1926 the founding group had moved on, so the Saturday Study Club (organized 1898) took over. The Town Board began providing modest financial support in 1929, and formal city control passed from the Saturday Study Club to the City of Louisville in October 1963 under Louisville's new city charter.
Does a Louisville library card work at other Boulder County libraries?
Yes — through Marmot Library Network membership, your Louisville Public Library card gives access to the shared catalog of Boulder, Broomfield, Lafayette, Longmont, and Loveland public libraries, so you can place holds and request physical items from any of those collections. Prospector extends that to millions of titles across Colorado libraries through interlibrary loan. The Front Range Downloadable Library (Libby/OverDrive) and Kanopy are also shared regionally. Note: Louisville is a standalone municipal library, not part of the Boulder Public Library District.
📜 This library has genealogy & local-history resources. See how library family-history research works and find other libraries with genealogy collections genealogy libraries by state.
🧰 This library lends a “Library of Things.” See what you can borrow besides books and find other libraries with a Library of Things Library of Things by state.
🔨 This library has a makerspace / 3D printing. See how library makerspaces and 3D printing work and find other libraries with a makerspace makerspaces by state.
📚 This library has study rooms. See how library study rooms work — booking, time limits and quiet vs group rooms — and find other libraries with study rooms libraries with study rooms by state.
🖨 This library offers printing, copying & fax. See how library printing, copying, scanning and fax services work — costs and mobile printing — and find other libraries that offer them printing & fax by state.
📅 This library has meeting & community rooms. See how library meeting rooms work — booking, policies and fees — and find other libraries with meeting or community rooms meeting rooms by state.
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✓ Hours & details last verified from official sources in September 2026.
⭐ 4.8/5 from 165 Google reviews · hours and details re-confirmed against the library's Google Business Profile in October 2026.
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What are the Louisville Public Library's hours?
Per the library's Google Business Profile (confirmed October 2026): Monday–Thursday 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m., and Sunday 1–5 p.m.
Does the Louisville Public Library offer free museum passes?
Yes. The library provides Adventure Passes to seven regional museums and cultural venues plus Colorado State Parks passes, alongside its hands-on Makerspace and Community Seed Library.
