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    Hyde Park Free Library

    3.5 (2 reviews)

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    Franklin D Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum - A letter to FDR from child star Shirley Temple.

    Franklin D Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

    4.6(126 reviews)
    1.5 mi

    STEPH JUDGEMENT: The OG Presidential Library that's still going strong…read more FDR was the first to make his archives public, starting the Presidential Library tradition. The museum building and grounds were very well-maintained, and the exhibition signage looked recently updated. It was a great way to learn all about FDR the president as well as the man, and all his accomplishments as well as failures. I was glad to see that there was also a lot about his wife, Eleanor, who lived for many decades after his death and influenced the world greatly in her own right. On the day of our visit they had free admission to the Roosevelt House Museum, so we took advantage of that as well. Overall we had a great time and learned a lot--a worthwhile stop.

    7/9/25 & 9/30/25: Twice we visited the FDR Presidential Library and Museum…read more There's two levels dedicated to the library and museum. Presently, a special exhibit called "Signature Moments" letters from The Famous, The Infamous and Every day Americans to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor are on display. It's truly a must see! The rest of the museum and library has several video rooms of his speeches, pictures from all 4 terms, his actual Presidential desk, room for radio addresses, his car designed to accommodate his disability and so much more.... Another section is dedicated to his wife Eleanor Roosevelt. A woman who was truly ahead of her time. In the library, there was a file cabinet where J Edgar Hoover kept FBI information on Mrs. Roosevelt. The first time we visited the complex, we toured the home and less than half of the library and museum. To throughly visit both places in one day would be too much. On 9/30, we returned to completely tour the rest of the library and museum. Totally impressed with the thoroughness of FDR Presidential Library and Museum. He was a President for all people.

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    Starr Library - Very cozy and nice inside

    Starr Library

    4.0(7 reviews)
    9.5 mi

    Knights clocks and…read morequilts The first library in Rhinebeck started back in 1862 and as the town grew, so did the library. The finally renovation was in 2005 when the existing structure was nearly doubled in size and thoroughly modernized. The library is interesting because of the art that decorates the walls and shelves. Some very cool sculptures of Viking type guys, complete with the traditional two handed axes, are hard to miss. They was also a display of strange masks while we were there and two lovely and old grandfather clocks and the ubiquitous library quilt. The library also has a nice local history and genealogy room and lots of programs and events for both adults and kids. Starr is a unique library that is not only functional but great fun to look at even without the books.

    I think it's great when a library can grow with the community it supports. If you are familiar with…read more(or have read about, on their website) the history of this Rhinebeck library, you'll see they've had the opportunity to do that. I normally visit my library in Hyde Park, but they did not have 2 books I wanted to read. Thanks to the Mid-Hudson Library System (Love the Mid-Hudson Library System!), I found both were available at Starr, which was not inconvenient for me as I was going to be in the area that day anyway. The library has a great layout, a nice selection, and it was quite busy even on what you might consider a slow day. They were setting up for an evening community activity too, which shows more community involvement. Besides finding the books, I also browsed their magazine selection. It was smaller than the one for Hyde Park, but it was a nice complement, as it carried a number of magazines not in Hyde Park but which also interested me. I will probably have to visit both now regularly to get my magazine fill. The one very minor qualm I had was that for one of the books I wanted, the Mid-Hudson Library System database listed a Dewey Decimal value for a book with numbers to the right of the decimal point, and the actual book in this library did not include the numbers to the right of the decimal on its label and was sorted thus. That required maybe an extra minute to find the book. That's hardly an issue, though it may mean a little bit extra work for you or a library staff to find a book occasionally.

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    Starr Library - Great library with lovely staff

    Great library with lovely staff

    Starr Library - Lots of masks

    Lots of masks

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    Kingston Library - Old Kingston library definitely closed with construction truck in Parking lot

    Kingston Library

    2.8(5 reviews)
    10.9 mi

    Although their old location - in an old converted school - was roomy and well appointed, their…read morecurrent location on Crown Street is simply dreadful! Not only is this library located in a run-down, high-crime part of town, but their patron pool mainly consists of locals, so you will routinely encounter unpleasant incidents or loud outbursts whilst trying to read or study. The computers here are occupied by the same seedy bunch, who often attempt to get "friendly" with women who are simply trying to get some work done. Since the staff is located in another room, that leaves unaccompanied women to fend for themselves in the computer room. I can only hope that their children's section is more supervised and safer. This subpar library offers the occasional book discussion or movie, but the themes lean heavily toward LGBTQ and immigrant's rights, so that leaves little, if anything, for the general population. Their new management seems to like it this way. I recommend you either do your reading at home, or visit the nearby Ulster Library instead - which is cleaner, safer, and much more pleasant.

    So I was encouraged & happy to go to my Kingston library. They had great quiet rooms a nice set up…read more I love the old rustic library, smell and feeling of their library on Street but when I got there, I saw the pictures below gated taped and it looked like semi under construction with a note on the gate, saying that they had moved to a different location. I was very confused and unhappy. But I put in the new location into my GPS and to my delightI found the new library. Although I was still disappointed because there were no private quiet rooms, I could go into and work on my online business and homework.

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    Kingston Library - Well organized

    Well organized

    Kingston Library - Don't think I'm suppose to be in here.

    Don't think I'm suppose to be in here.

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