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Location Closure The Hamilton Branch will be closed beginning Monday, June 16 for facility improvements. 

Announcement The Pennsylvania Avenue Branch will be closed beginning at 4 pm on Monday, June 9 due to a facilities maintenance issue. The branch will operate on a reduced schedule with limited services 10 am–4 pm through Friday, June 13.

Location Closure The Govans, Forest Park, Washington Village, Reisterstown Road, Brooklyn, Northwood, & Herring Run branches are closed for facility improvements. Learn more here.

Holiday Closing All Pratt Library locations will be closed Thursday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.

About the Pratt Insiders

The Pratt Insiders, the Library’s newest affinity group, bridges the Pratt Contemporaries and Pratt Society membership circles and offers unique, stimulating, and engaging programs and special events that suit a busy lifestyle. Many Pratt Insiders are former Pratt Contemporaries members and leaders. Most importantly, the generosity of Pratt Insiders helps sustain thousands of free programs offered each year.

Pratt Board Member Beulah Sabundayo and Paul Sabundayo

Pratt Board Member Beulah Sabundayo and Paul Sabundayo

Pratt Board members Chris Espenshade and Kate Powell

Pratt Board members Chris Espenshade and Kate Powell

Membership Perks

Pratt Insider members enjoy exclusive perks, including the following:

  • All members of the Pratt Insiders will be invited to special series of events, including Wine & Words and a private event with the Library's One Book Baltimore author
  • Members of the Pratt Insiders will be invited to select receptions with Pratt speakers throughout the year
  • Annual recognition in the Library's donor newsletters, Pages from the Pratt

Pratt Insiders Chairs

  • Sarah K. Brandt
  • Chris Espenshade

Staff Liaison

For more information on the Pratt Insiders, please contact Chris Lewis, the Library's Individual and Corporate Giving Manager. Chris can be reached at (410) 396-5275 or clewis@prattlibrary.org.