Jones Memorial Library is OPEN during renovations at Lynchburg Public Library. Parking may be impacted. Visitors may park on the Lakeside Avenue (loading dock & Community Room) side of the building while at Jones Memorial Library.
Programs & Exhibits
Upcoming Events at the Jones
"Nancy Knows!" - Research & Resources at JML
April 11, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m. JML Reading Room
Workshop with JML Research Assistant Nancy Jamerson Weiland
JML on the Road
April 30 - May 2, 2026
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Richmond, VA
JML presents Session 2 "When Churches Die: The Archivist Doula"
The History of Censorship in Virginia, with Keith Weimer
May 6, 2026 @ 5:00 p.m. JML Reading Room
Keith Weimer is Librarian for History and Religious Studies at the University of Virginia and past president of the Virginia Library Association. He researches and writes about the censorship in Virginia. This lecture is supported by the 2025 Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund and the Freedom to Read Foundation.
Resilience, Resolve, and Rising Up: Lynchburg's Voices for Civil Rights
May 13, 2026 @ 5:00 p.m. JML Reading Room
History lecture with Robert L. Canida, II
Lynchburg GLAM Quarterly meet-up
May 14, 2026 @ 5:30 p.m. at Amherst County Museum & Historical Society
For staff and volunteers at galleries, libraries, archives, and museums in the Lynchburg area
JML on the Road
May 18 - 20, 2026
Best Practices Exchange 2026 @ Luddy School of Informatics, Indiana University Indianapolis
JML presents Session 2A: "Beyond Efficiency: Ethical Considerations in Adopting AI for Digital Archives Metadata and Transcription"
Non-Fiction Book Group discusses "The Exceptions" by Kate Zernicke
May 27, 2026 @ 10:30 a.m. at Westminster Canterbury Hume Room
Click to see the proposed titles for our 2026-27 book discussions.
READ: What does it mean to read free in Central Virginia?
On exhibit in the Reading Room, October 7, 2025 - August 31, 2026 (exhibit extended from March 2026)
Funded by the Freedom to Read Foundation and the Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund
Past Events at the Jones
Documenting & Restoring Virginia's Houses
March 11, 2026 History lecture with Travis McDonald
Workshop on Finding Ancestors: Colonial Era Research
Click icon to see presentation slides from June 15, 2024
Workshop on Forgotten Research Facts for 1750-1850
Click icon to see presentation slides from July 13, 2024
Exhibits
READ: What does it mean to read free in Central Virginia?
An historical exhibit about censorship from 1660-1960
On exhibit in the Reading Room, October 7, 2025 - March 6, 2026
This exhibit is funded by the Freedom to Read Foundation and the Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund
"Four Women: A Dunbar Branch Centennial"
2024-2025
Click on the Flyer to View the Online Exhibit
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