A Spoonful of Memories
Do you remember commemorative or souvenir spoons? Have you looked in that unopened drawer recently? Did your aunt or your…
Funky Finds @ 125: Found in Meekins Over Time
Meekins is celebrating a “birthday” too this year. We are 125! While not quite the 250 years of our town—it…
Local Eyes: Looking at Our Town for the 250th
Williamsburg is celebrating 250. A year later—but still festive—we are counting down to a full weekend of festivities on July…
Creatures in the Library
Who knows what creatures you will find hiding or showing themselves in the corners of the Meekins Library? There may…
Bunnies in the Library!
There is now a whole colony of rabbits, in their special “hutch” under the Bacon Rotunda. The blue and white…
Felted Creatures
Come to the Meekins and take a peek into the library’s Cabinet of Curiosities and you will see shelves full…
Perils to the Collection
The Meekins Library takes care of its collection. Staff work hard to ensure all library materials are in good shape…
The Cook is in the Library—Vintage Kitchen Gadgets at Meekins
Do you remember what kinds of things were in your grandmother’s kitchen? Your mother’s kitchen? Your very first kitchen? What…
A Winter Wonderland at Meekins
It is here—a small winter town, with the stone library and the six-sided gazebo in town center, the red schoolhouse…
Vintage Animals Provide a Bit of Cheer at Meekins
Meekins Children’s Librarian, Rochelle Wildfong is a collector. To welcome spring, the library has populated our Cabinet of Curiosities with…
Poems on the Lawn at Meekins: The Poetry Hut 2009
During the spring and summer of 2009, Meekins was a poetry depot. During that time, artists Gene and Susan Flores…
What’s All That Stuff? Vintage Hammered Aluminum Giftware at Meekins
The Cabinet of Curiosities, under the Library’s historic rotunda, pings when you walk by. This April it is full of…