Brandon Public Library

Contact

Library Hours

+1 (204) 727-6648

PHONE

info@nullwmrl.ca

EMAIL

710 Rosser Ave

Unit 1
Brandon, MB
R7A 0K9

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

CLOSED
10AM – 6PM
10AM – 6PM
10AM – 6PM
10AM – 6PM
10AM – 6PM
10AM – 2PM

Our Team

 

 

Erika Martin
Director of Library Services
Direct email: erika@nullwmrl.ca

Erika Martin, Director of Library Services
Carson Rogers

Carson Rogers
Manager of Access Services & Downtown Brandon Branch Supervisor 

Direct email: carson@nullwmrl.ca

Alex Rogowsky
Manager of Programming & Community Services

Direct email: alex@nullwmrl.ca

Updates

Silver Pages @ the Shoppers Mall October 3, 2024
Poetry Workshop @ Shoppers Mall Branch October 2, 2024
Dark History Tours in Brandon September 24, 2024
Fall Programming @ the Shoppers Mall September 20, 2024

Upcoming Events

Brandon Public Library

october

16oct1:00 pm4:00 pmScrabble Club1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Brandon Public Library

17oct10:15 am11:00 amThursday Storytime10:15 am - 11:00 am Brandon Public Library

17oct4:30 pm6:30 pmMayor's Book Club4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Brandon Public Library

18oct10:15 am10:45 amB is for Baby10:15 am - 10:45 am Brandon Public Library

18oct1:30 pm2:15 pmReading Circle1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Brandon Public Library

19oct11:00 am1:00 pmChess Club11:00 am - 1:00 pm Brandon Public Library

22oct2:00 pm4:00 pmPencil Drawing2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Brandon Public Library

23oct1:00 pm4:00 pmScrabble Club1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Brandon Public Library

24oct10:15 am11:00 amThursday Storytime10:15 am - 11:00 am Brandon Public Library

25oct10:15 am10:45 amB is for Baby10:15 am - 10:45 am Brandon Public Library

november

01nov10:15 am10:45 amB is for Baby10:15 am - 10:45 am Brandon Public Library

02nov11:00 am1:00 pmChess Club11:00 am - 1:00 pm Brandon Public Library

05nov2:00 pm4:00 pmPencil Drawing2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Brandon Public Library

06nov1:00 pm4:00 pmScrabble Club1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Brandon Public Library

07nov10:15 am11:00 amThursday Storytime10:15 am - 11:00 am Brandon Public Library

08nov10:15 am10:45 amB is for Baby10:15 am - 10:45 am Brandon Public Library

09nov11:00 am1:00 pmChess Club11:00 am - 1:00 pm Brandon Public Library

12nov3:30 pm5:00 pmCreative Writing Program3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Brandon Public Library

13nov1:00 pm4:00 pmScrabble Club1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Brandon Public Library

13nov7:00 pm9:00 pmBook Binding7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Brandon Public Library

Did you know?

After a public campaign featuring pro-library propaganda such as “Brandon is known as the City without a Library. What are you going to do about it?” – The Brandon War Memorial Public Library opened on September 5, 1946. It was headquartered in the old Merchants Bank Building (present day Chamber of Commerce); the building was made available to the City for library purposes by the Bank of Montreal. Mr. Bruce Carrick served as the first librarian. In 1951 a new landmark was reached when the basement of the library was converted into a spacious boys and girls department. In 1954 a small sub-branch was opened in the new George Fitton School. This branch was open three hours every Wednesday afternoon and catered to the “children and adults of a district far from the downtown library.” In 1967 the Brandon War Memorial Public Library joined with the library in Carberry North Cypress to form the Western Manitoba Regional Library (WMRL). Today, the Brandon Public Library serves as the headquarters for the WMRL and its four rural branches in the communities of Carberry, Neepawa, Glenboro and Hartney.

A newspaper article from 1973 reported that “a committee of concerned individuals has been formed in Brandon to look at the possibility of setting up a cultural centre in the city which would house a museum, art gallery and library”. In 1979 council voted to abandon the concept of renovating the landmark CP hotel, the Prince Edward, into a public library. In late 1981, after much debate, the former site of the Brandon Coop was purchased as the future home of the city’s Centennial Library Arts Centre. The official opening of the new facility was held on April 1, 1984 and featured an address by Martin Kavanagh – first Chairman of the 1942 Brandon Library Committee.

As 2001 drew to a close the Brandon Public Library was on the move again – this time to its present site, the former Eaton’s Department store building on Rosser Avenue.

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