Between October and November 2019, the library’s cupola was restored. It was removed, sent away for restoration and reinstalled once complete. The cupola had been in place for 79 years.
A time capsule was assembled in order to demonstrate a little bit of what the Library was like in the early 21st century. It was placed in the Library’s cupola upon its restoration on Monday, November 25th, 2019.
Contents:
- A Library pen
- A Library Card
- A Library mug
- A copy of Young Authors of Kirkwood: In Celebration of Kirkwood Public Library’s 90th anniversary – a collection of storied written by young authors
- A Kirkwood Public Library Discover More magnet – Discover More is the Library’s tagline adopted with the 90th anniversary in 2016
- Various information handouts and flyers about Library services and programming
- Several issues of the Kirkwood Public Library Outlook, the Library’s email newsletter
- Adult, Teen and Youth Program descriptions from 2019
- A copy of the Library’s 2020 – 2024 Strategic Plan which was adopted by the Board of Trustees on November 20, 2019
- A staff directory
- Two wooden plaques signed by Library staff
- Various 3D printed models from the Library’s Makerbot Replicator 3D printer
- Copies of the Library’s monthly statistics dashboard from 2015-2019
- DVDs containing Library photographs (hopefully you can find a way to view them ;D)
- A poster of Library card choices from a Library card design contest in 2016
- Two weeded books from the Library’s collection
- A copy of the November 2019 issue of Booklist
- A floorplan of the building as of 2011
- A copy of the Webster-Kirkwood Times, dated November 22-28, 2019
- A discarded Playaway Launchpad
