08/28/2026
125 years ago today, the Sun Prairie Free Library opened to the community. What began as a bookshelf in City Hall with just over 200 books, has now become the beautiful, state of the art building that is the Sun Prairie Public Library of today, visited by thousands each month. Although we have grown - in building size, staff and collection size, to name a few - at our core we are still the same as we were when we started: devoted to promoting lifelong learning and literacy to the public.
We wouldn't be where we are now without you, our community - our visitors, our volunteers, our donors, and all the other stakeholders who have and continue to advocate for library services in our rapidly growing city.
What we would really love for our birthday is for you to recommend us to others! Tell your friends to come get a library card! It only takes a couple minutes and will connect you to a world of free materials, services and programs. Stop in or visit https://www.sunprairiepubliclibrary.org/get-library-card to apply online.
