Location & Contact
Address:
625 Minnesota Ave.
Kansas City, KS 66101
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Phone: 913.295.8250
Laura Loveless - Branch Manager
Email: llove@kckpl.org
Phone: 913.295.8250 ext 1030
The library is located on the south side of Minnesota Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets, next to the Wyandot National Burying Ground in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Off street parking is available behind the library off of Ann Avenue.
The first floor contains our core fiction and non-fiction collections as well as access to computers, Spanish language collections, exhibits, and meeting spaces.
The second floor houses our Youth Services collections as well as children and teen programing spaces, and the Kansas Room. It also contains our collection of audio visual content such as audiobooks, movies, and music.
Main Library: Next Chapters
On October 28, 2025, the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education approved demolition of the existing Main Library to build a new public library on the current site. The Board also approved using historic tax credits to rehabilitate another District-owned building, the former Parker Elementary School, which will be used for support services, Administration, and another public library branch.
After an architect is selected for the project, staff will work with them to begin design work. The community will be invited to give feedback on specific services they’d like to see. For more information regarding the history of this project, as well as updated information and feasibility studies, please visit our page KCKPL: Next Chapters
At this Branch
This facility includes handicap parking. Automatic door openers are in place to help with access into the Main Library. The building comes equipped with an elevator for access to the second floor. The second floor includes restrooms. The first floor includes adult fiction, non-fiction, reference and a computer lab. The second floor includes a children's section and movie and music materials section. A handicap restroom also is available.
There is off street parking available around the Library -- specifically along Minnesota Avenue. The Library includes a parking lot, which can be accessed behind the library off of Ann Avenue.
The Main Library has 25 computers available to adult patrons, eight (8) for young adults and 14 for kids. Six (6) laptops are also available to adults for checkout, and four (4) laptops are available in the children's area for parents with children.
Additionally, the Library has a black & white printer and a color printer available to patrons, along with two photocopiers. Black & white prints and photocopies can be made for 10 cents a page. Color prints can be made for 50 cents a page.
To print an email message or attachment, forward your email to:
kckplmain-bw@ewprints.com
for black and white
kckplmain-color@ewprints.com
for color
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Community members and groups can use the Main Library's meeting spaces and study rooms. Please click here for details on available meeting rooms. To make a room reservation at the Main Library, call 913.295.8250 and press 1. Study room reservations can be made at the Library. Click here to see additional details tied to study rooms and meeting spaces.
The following equipment is available to patrons at this location.
- Computers (25 for adults, 8 for young adults and 14 for children)
- Laptops (6 for adults and 4 for children)
- Catalog-only computers (6)
- Self-checkout machines (6)
- One Digital Microfilm readers (1)
- Printer (one color, one black & white) and photocopiers (2)
- Outdoor drive up materials return
A free blood pressure station is available for anyone to use, thanks to a grant from the American Heart Association of Kansas. When you use it, you will receive a printout of your blood pressure reading.
The Main Library proudly houses the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library's Kansas Collection. The Kansas Collection primarily focuses on Kansas City, Kansas, Wyandotte County and the State of Kansas.
The collection includes books about Kansas and by Kansas authors along with clipping files on local topics of interest, materials relating to local schools and historic maps.
Archival material in the Kansas Room, including the Connelley Collection, is available only by appointment. We recommend contacting the Kansas Collection librarian ahead of time to schedule an appointment. This can be done by calling 913-295-8250 ext. 1016, email ksroom@kckpl.org or write to: Kansas Collection Librarian, KCK Public Library, 625 Minnesota Ave, Kansas City, KS 66101.