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The wonderful Meekins Library is full of surprises! Strolling all around inside the Library there is so much to see—not only books. Beautiful stained-glass windows of inkwells, scrolls and, yes, books, grace all the rooms and the passage from the old to the new building. Fanciful creatures look down from high on the bookshelves. Jim Kitchen’s party-goer sculpture forever holds her decorated birthday cake just as you enter the Riverside Room. Once inside the room you see a fairy lost in the world of the book she is reading. Over in the Picture Book Room, Rochelle’s Library friends gather together waiting for her stories. In the front John and Alta Black Room, Tom Haxo’s sculptures of the librarians over the periodical shelves always wear a variety of hats. And on the mantel sits a preserved dragonfly globe. Walking down the stairs, wooden buckets balance carefully on the historic Weights and Measures Cabinet. A chessboard is set for a game in the Teen Alcove. Technical Services has a collection of critters marching along the top of the cupboards. And in the Local History area you can find everything from Williamsburg High School yearbooks to vintage local milk bottles. Do you have a favorite spot in Meekins? What surprise have you found there? #throwbackthursday; #tbt

Posted to Facebook 5/20/2021

a glass sphere with a preserved insect inside sits on a wooden base, with a framed painting and other objects in the background.
a shelf displays old glass containers and a sign reading “local history & genealogy” in a library setting.
a stone chess set is set up on a table near a window, with board games stacked in the background.
a group of small figurines on a shelf.
a wooden containers on a cabinet.
a metal robot sculpture with round eyes stands by a window next to a leafy plant, against a stone wall background.
three clay busts wearing different hats are displayed on a wooden shelf above neatly arranged magazines and a framed landscape painting.
large colorful animal sculptures made from paper and other materials are displayed on top of a bookshelf filled with library books.
a metallic statue of a child angel reading a book sits on a globe atop a wooden shelf, with colorful library posters and books in the background.
a row of children’s books is topped with various stuffed animals and dolls, with a framed picture of a fairy hanging on the wall above.
stained glass window with a brown and blue bird in flight within a circular design, set in a stone wall above a doorway.
padded armchair next to a wooden table, in front of a window with stained glass trim, looking into a brightly lit library interior.