The Meeteetse Branch Library, located in the Meeteetse Schools, serves as a public library for both the town of Meeteetse and as a library for the school. We offer books, audio books, movies, CDs, public computers, and wireless internet access.
Services
- Book Discussion Group
- School Library
- School Library Blog
- Children and Teens
- Computers and Internet
- Movies, CDs, Audiobooks, and Downloadable Audiobooks
- Classes
Hours and Location
School Year Hours
Monday – Thursday: 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday evening: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Summer Hours
Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday evening: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
2107 Idaho Street / PO Box 129
Meeteetse, WY 82433
phone and fax: 307-868-2248
News and Events
Starting in August, Meeteetse Branch Library will host “Icons,” a reading and discussion series featuring biographies of American cultural icons. The discussion group meets at 2 p.m. August 25, September 22, October 27 and December 1 at the library and is free and open to the public. To learn more, please call the library at 868-2248 or just stop by!
Participants in “Icons” will read and discuss Cash by Johnny Cash, Muhammad Ali by Thomas Hauser, Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 1, 1884-1933 by Blanche Wiesen Cook, and Jane Fonda’s War by Mary Hershberger. The series is designed to examine what we think know about iconic American figures, as well as study how they used the power of their iconography to promote social change. Laura Crossett will lead the discussions.
The program is offered by the Wyoming Humanities Council and is sponsored by the We the People initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information on the council’s programs, call 307-721-9243 or visit the council’s website at www.uwyo.edu/humanities.
Craig Johnson at all three Park County libraries!
dee : August 14, 2010 : Cody Library, Meeteetse Library, Powell Library
Author Craig Johnson enjoys writing books and talking to Wyoming audiences.
Creator of the Sheriff Walt Longmire literary mysteries, he will be the guest of the Park County Library System August 21-22 in three free public programs.
Johnson begins his tour at the Park County Public Library in Cody at 12 noon on Saturday, August 21, following up at the Meeteetse Chocolatier at 7 p.m. the same day.
On Sunday, August 22 at 12 noon, Johnson goes to the Powell Branch Library for a pizza party.
Although not a native of the state, Johnson adopted Wyoming as home about 20 years ago. He settled in Ucross and eventually got serious about writing the Longmire stories, with the first book, The Cold Dish being published in 2005.
Junkyard Dogs, the latest in the series, came out in June this year. more »
History
The Meeteetse Library was started in the 1920s and housed in a small barracks building. In 1938 the library became a branch of the Park County Library System and moved into a room in the old Meeteetse School building. Following World War II a building from the Heart Mountain Relocation Center was moved to Meeteetse and used for the library until the new high school was built. In 1961 the Library Board and School Board entered into a contract allowing for use of the present site as a branch library. Over the years this cooperative effort has benefited both entities. As budget situations have diminished, the school has evolved into a more active participant to support the library in providing service to Meeteetse residents.
