April 21, 2025, marks Ellen M. Bozman’s 100th birthday

All Locations closed on Mar. 31 for Easter.

Available to stream until May 11.

Place Your Holds Now!

To Daffodils!

Courthouse Library closed on Mon., March 24 due to a utility issue.

Find support and community through free programs and resources.

Shop the sale April 3-6 and support library programs and collections.

Stories from patrons lifelong and new.

Women’s History Month

Place Your Holds Now!

Learn about Ralph Collins and the cab company he started.

A guide to resources.

Katie Lettie and Vincent Bauer will tie the knot at Central Library!

The library is here to help.

Place Your Holds Now!

Read about Elizabeth and Edmund Campbell’s contributions to Arlington.

On exhibit at Cherrydale Library, January – April 2025

There is much more work to be done.

On exhibit at Courthouse Library, January 7 – April 29, 2025

On exhibit at Central Library, January 14 – April 29, 2025

On exhibit at Westover Library, January 3 – April 2025

On exhibit at Shirlington Library, January – April 2025

On exhibit at Columbia Pike Library, January 4 – April 30, 2025

On exhibit at Aurora Hills Library, January 3 – April 30, 2025

On exhibit at Glencarlyn Library, January 3 – April 30, 2025

Books that flew under the radar.

Top Circulated Titles.

Don’t touch that dial.

Read about Arlington’s historic Black Catholic church.

Explore the results of our latest community engagement project.

We believe in the power of love.

Read about Arlington’s Latino Culture.

Lunch counter sit-ins commemorative prints on view at Courthouse Library.

“North Lincoln Street, Arlington, Virginia” on view at Central Library.

The data is in: Arlington residents love to read.

Read about Smokey Bear and a prominent local artist.

Celebrating James Baldwin

Learn about Stuart Paine and swimming in Arlington County.

Learn about former Arlington County board member, Jay Fisette.

Director’s Message

Learn about two Arlington women who advocated for environmental education.

National Library Week 2024 is celebrated Sunday, April 7 through Saturday, April 13.

Learn about Paula Strother, a student at Arlington Hall Junior College for Women.

Learn about the Chinn Funeral Service.

Learn about the origins of Inner Ear Studio.

Books I recommend to others.

Learn about past snow days in Arlington.

Remembering the first Native American Navy Pilot.

Don’t Touch that Dial.

A tribute to a friend of Arlington Public Library.

Read how trick or treating was in Arlington.

Arlington residents marched in the 2nd National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1987.

A Banned Books Week message.

Oct. 1-7 is Banned Books Week: “Let Freedom Read!”

Documenting the history of Virginia cuisine from the 17th century to present day.

They celebrate our collective and varied cultures.

Let’s read, share, and then read some more.

The “Airport Drive-In” operated from 1947-1963 just behind National Airport.

Interview with Anthu Lu.

“A plane has just crashed on the football field…”

Learn how hot air balloon reconnaissance began in Arlington.

A promise of increased understanding and mutual respect

Orville Wright conducted flight tests for the Army at Ft. Myer in 1908 and 1909.

There’s more to our story.

The Dawson House is the only surviving stone structure in the county dating to the 18th or 19th century

Arlington’s First Female Firefighter

One of Arlington’s lesser known Black communities founded by the Pelham Family

A newly digitized resource for historians and researchers.

1936-1939

Books I recommend to others.

Arlington’s Naval Voyage Through the 20th Century.

A Slice of American Architectural History

End-of-Year Reflections

Some of the country’s oldest federal monuments.

Don’t Touch that Dial.

With Local Author and Historian Charlie Clark.

Register for Two Online Events

Oct. 11, marks the 34th anniversary of National Coming Out Day

Banned Books Week (September 18-24, 2022) promotes free and open access to ideas and information.

At the young age of 12, Ron Deskins played a crucial role in integrating Virginia public schools.

Green Valley, Dunbar Housing Community and Work at the White House

Intelligence analyst for the United States Army during World War II.

Created by Arlington’s Black residents, to serve their community during segregation.

A lifetime at the center of Arlington’s airport history.

“The Price of a Ticket at the Cost of Your Conscience”

Marionne Walls-Fort discusses Dr. King’s visit to Lomax AME Zion Church.

An iconic institution, capturing and broadcasting the news for more than a half-century.

The Library Director’s 2021 Goodreads Reading List.

Politics, Parks and the Law

Shirlington’s cinema through the years.

Pop, jazz, instrumental, New Orleans, country, bluegrass, R&B, old school pop, The Chipmunks, and more on Diane’s annual playlist.

A Central Landmark of Local Government.

Arlington-based Native American artist and educator.

Images from the Records Related to the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the Pentagon collection.

Interview with Neil Bassin