OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – After four years of construction, Omaha’s new Central Library at 72nd and Dodge will open to the public Sunday.
The new library features three floors, each with different offerings. The first floor includes book displays and illuminated shelves. The second floor houses the children’s area and a do space area with equipment for creating. The third floor is dedicated to genealogy and local history.
Library staff said they designed the new library as a flexible space for the community to gather.
“This building was built to bring community together, to activate in spaces, to be the building that, you know, this year we’re going to be doing 3D printing, but in five years it might be something else entirely happening in that building. It’s a very flexible space,” said Stacy Lickteig of the Omaha Public Library.
The library replaces the former W Dale Clark Library downtown that was demolished in 2022 to make way for the new Mutual of Omaha headquarters…