The Ellenville Public Library & Museum houses a collection of over 50,000 books, as well as an outstanding local history museum and public art gallery. Other local history museums include the O&W Railway museum, the Greenfield Park Museum in an authentic one room schoolhouse, and The Quaker Meeting House Museum
Serving over 19,000 patrons in the Ellenville School District, the Towns of Wawarsing and Rochester. The mission of the Ellenville Public Library & Museum is to provide resources, services and public programming of the highest possible quality to meet the ongoing informational, educational, cultural and recreational needs of its broadly diverse community. The Ellenville Public Library can trace its history to the spring of 1893, when it was organized as a school district library. Begun with a collection of some 1,000 books, the library has grown in size and stature, serving today as the informational and cultural center of our community. It’s located at 40 Center Street, Ellenville NY 12428.
