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Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Renovation News
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August 9, 2019
Modernized MLK Library will have ground-level cafe and rooftop event space
D.C.’s library system is looking for an operator to offer workforce development
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April 23, 2019
Renovated MLK Library to feature artwork by D.C. public school teacher on large glass walls
The walls will display protest buttons and King-related items as individual dots that form a bigger image
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August 7, 2017
MLK Library’s Grand Reading Room ceiling will become a work of art
This will be the first of three permanent public art pieces that will go in the library.
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August 7, 2017
MLK Library’s construction to begin
Since March 4, 2017, the library has been closed to the public, and it will continue to be closed until 2020.
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May 5, 2017
Where to go now that the MLK Library is closed
The approximately 45-year-old Martin Luther King, Jr. Library won’t reopen until 2020.
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February 2, 2017
MLK Library’s $208M renovation, revealed in a brand new video, images
This spring, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library will close down for a $208 million rehabilitation designed by Martinez + Johnson Architecture and Mecanoo that won’t complete until 2020. While closed, the library system will relocate.
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July 5, 2016
Central library will move to K Street office building
In 2017, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library will shut its doors in preparation for a massive overhaul. Once the library at 901 G Street NW begins its three-year rehab, the library system will relocate to 1990 K Street NW.