Public Libraries in Silver Spring, Maryland
Maryland — United States
Public Libraries in Silver Spring, Maryland
Two Montgomery County Public Libraries branches serve Silver Spring — the McGee (Silver Spring) Library and Long Branch Library.
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Libraries in Silver Spring
Long Branch Library
📍 8800 Garland Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20901
📞 240-777-0910 · 🕑 Mon–Thu 10–8, Fri–Sun 10–6
Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library (Silver Spring Library)
📍 900 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
📞 240-773-9420 · 🕑 Mon–Thu 10–8, Fri–Sun 10–6
The Story of the Library in Silver Spring
The modern Silver Spring Library opened on June 20, 2015, in a new building at 900 Wayne Avenue built at a cost of about $64 million. Its ground floor was designed to incorporate a platform for the Purple Line light-rail station, integrating the library directly into the county's future transit network.
In 2022, the branch was renamed the Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library to honor Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who had lived in Montgomery County. It is the flagship library in the Silver Spring area within the Montgomery County Public Libraries system.
About Public Libraries in Silver Spring
Silver Spring is served by Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL), a countywide system of 21 branches. Any Maryland resident can get a free MCPL library card to borrow books and materials, use free public computers and Wi-Fi, and access the system's digital collection of eBooks and audiobooks. The card also unlocks statewide services shared across Maryland's public libraries.
Maryland residents get free access to the statewide Sailor network of research and educational databases, plus Maryland's Digital Library (OverDrive/Libby) for eBooks and audiobooks and Digital Maryland, a statewide digitization program headquartered at the Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center in Baltimore that provides free online access to materials on the state's history and culture.
📚 What You Can Access
- 📚 Books, DVDs and physical materials across 21 MCPL branches
- 📱 eBooks & audiobooks via Maryland’s Digital Library (Libby/OverDrive)
- 🔎 Sailor statewide research and educational databases
- 🏛️ Digital Maryland — free access to state history and culture collections
- 🖨️ Public computers, printing and free Wi-Fi
- 🧒 Children’s, teen and adult programs
🏛️ Quick Facts
| Libraries | 2 (Long Branch; McGee / Silver Spring) |
| System | Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) |
| McGee Library | 900 Wayne Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
| Long Branch | 8800 Garland Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20901 |
| Phone (McGee) | 240-773-9420 |
| Opened | Silver Spring Library building, 2015 |
| Library card | Free to Maryland residents |
| State resource | Sailor / Maryland’s Digital Library |
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