Edina Library

[6] In 1926, the library relocated to 50th and Wooddale, and in 1939, moved to the Westgate Theater building in the Morningside neighborhood.

The building, known as the Edina Community Library, opened in September 1968 at 4701 West 50th Street next to the Village Hall.

[14] The library has a special collection of Chinese and French materials, along with Spanish resources for children.

[15] Programming ranges from Girls Only and Guys Read Book Clubs to author events, and Baby and Family Storytimes.

[18] Janey Westin, a Minneapolis-based calligrapher and sculptor, has permanently loaned her work, “Laura Reading,” a marble and limestone sculpture to the library.

[19] Edina resident Doug Lew's “Mother Daughter Book Club” was dedicated in 2006 to the memory of Christie Blackwood.” “Who Has Seen the Wind,” a stained glass commission funded by One Percent for Art, is William Saltzman's multi-panel celebration of nature.

University of Minnesota art professor Katherine Nash's eleven-foot high commission in copper, “Heritage of Edina”[20] exterior sculpture contrasts with Tom Montemurro's miniature sculpture, titled “Children on Parade” in the children's area.