Closed for Memorial Day

The library will be closed on Monday, May 29th in observance of Memorial Day.  We will reopen on Tuesday, May 30th at 9:30am. 

Meriden Public Library will temporarily close after June 2nd.

The Meriden Public Library is moving back to our newly renovated building at 105 Miller Street to prepare for our grand opening on July 14th & 15th.

Our Meriden Mall location will close after business hours on June 2nd. We will reopen to the public at 105 Miller Street on July 14th with a grand celebration. We hope you can join us then!

Visit our Grand Opening page for further information: meridenlibrary.org/grandopening

Grand Opening Contests

Attention all Meriden creatives!

From May through July, the Meriden Public Library will be holding an art contest in anticipation for the grand opening of the newly renovated library at 105 Miller Street on July 14th and July 15th.

Send us your poems, photos, drawings, and crafts! Transform your love for Meriden into art! Participants in the art contest will be entered into a raffle with a chance to win prizes. All art will be displayed during the grand opening celebrations. All Meriden residents are welcome to participate and submit their own creative piece of artwork. Good luck and happy creating!

Submissions accepted: May 8th- July 7th

Theme: All submissions must have a connection to Meriden or the Meriden Public Library.  This can be art about an event that took place in Meriden, a Meriden resident or the town of Meriden and the Meriden Public Library in general.

  • Three ways to enter your submission:
    1. Upload at MeridenLibrary.org/grandopening (located below) or, 
    2. Email it to library@meridenct.gov along with your contact information, whether you will competing as a child, teen or adult, and tell us what inspired your submission and explain its connection to Meriden or the Meriden Public Library or, 
    3. Drop it off at the library (open until June 2nd at Meriden Mall).
  • Limit one entry per patron.
  • Open to past and present Meriden residents.
  • Theme: All submissions must have a connection to Meriden or the Meriden Public Library.  This can be art about an event that took place in Meriden, a Meriden resident or the town of Meriden and the Meriden Public Library in general.
  •  No profanity or vulgarity. Patrons who violate these rules will be disqualified.
  • The contest deadline is July 7th. No entries will be accepted after this date.
  • All plagiarized art will be disqualified.
  • Prizes will be awarded to the winners of three age groups: Kids 0-12, Teens 13-17 and Adults 18+.

Please call Shayne at (203) 630-4621 if you have any further questions. 

Submission Form

Select your age group.
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, eps, tif, pict, psd, txt, rtf, html, odf, pdf, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, xml, avi, mov, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, bz2, dmg, gz, jar, rar, sit, svg, tar, zip.
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: avi, mov, mp4, ogg, wav, webm.
Please tell us what inspired your submission and explain its connection to Meriden or the Meriden Public Library.