• 2311 Memorial Avenue, Lynchburg, VA 24501
  • 434-846-0501
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Tuesday 9:00am – 5:00pm |  Wednesday – Friday 1:00 – 5:00pm  |  Saturday 9:00am – 5:00pm

The Jones collections are OPEN during renovations at Lynchburg Public Library. Parking and sidewalk access are limited. Visitors may park on both sides of the building and enter via Memorial Avenue.

Jones Memorial Library

Upcoming Events at the Jones

Archives are Revolutionary - JML Open House

Saturday, July 18, 2026 @ 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Visit our Reading Room all day for special activities, tours of the stacks, and to view historical items from our collections

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

Non-Fiction Book Group Discussion

August 26, 2026 @ 10:30 a.m. at Westminster Canterbury Hume Room
Free discussion, open to the public. Title for discussion is Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight.

Healers in Training: Virginia Baptist Hospital's First Nursing Class

September 09, 2026 @ 5:00 p.m. at The Jones Reading Room
Lecture in the John D. Owen Jr. Local History series with Dianne Nash and Kim Price

Lynchburg GLAM Quarterly meet-up

September 17, 2026 @ 5:30 p.m. at Lynchburg Police Department Museum
For staff and volunteers at galleries, libraries, archives, and museums in the Lynchburg area

Non-Fiction Book Group Discussion

October 14, 2026 @ 10:30 a.m. at Westminster Canterbury Hume Room
Free discussion, open to the public. Title for discussion is The Transformation of Virginia by Rhys Isaac.

Leaving America Behind: The Lynchburg Colonization Society

October 14, 2026 @ 5:00 p.m. at The Jones Reading Room
Lecture in the John D. Owen Jr. Local History series with Joe Stinnett

Lynchburg's WW1 Last Man's Club

November 04, 2026 @ 5:00 p.m. at The Jones Reading Room
Lecture in the John D. Owen Jr. Local History series with William Hansen

Past Events at the Jones

Slideshow: The History of Censorship in Virginia with Keith Weimar - May 6, 2026

Slideshow: When Churches Die: The Archivist as Doula - The Jones @ MARAC 2026 - May 1, 2026

Slideshow: Research & Resources a JML with Nancy Jamerson Weiland - April 11, 2026

Documenting & Restoring Virginia's Houses with Travis McDonald - March 11, 2026 : "Last Rites" by Travis McDonald in Lynch's Ferry - Fall/Winter 2025

Documenting & Restoring Virginia's Houses with Travis McDonald - March 11, 2026: "Recording the Quickly Disappearing Past" by Travis McDonald in Lynch's Ferry - Spring/Summer 2025

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

View Lectures on YouTube
View Exhibits on Omeka

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