Montana Avenue Library

Getting There

The Montana Avenue Branch Library is located at the corner of Montana Ave. and 17th Street.

By Freeway. Take the I-10 freeway to the Cloverfield Blvd. exit.  Take Cloverfield Blvd. north, then turn left on Olympic Blvd. Turn right on 17th Street, and proceed 1.2 miles to Montana Avenue.

By Bus.The Montana Branch Library is served by the Big Blue Bus lines 18, 41, and 42.

Parking

Limited metered parking is available behind the Branch.

Bike Racks.  Cyclists can secure their bikes at the bike rack located east of the main entrance along the Montana Avenue sidewalk.

Returning Materials

Montana – Exterior Materials Returns – Two returns are located on Montana Avenue on the sidewalk near the Library entrance. Another exterior return is located at the entrance to the surface parking lot located off 17th Street. These returns are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and accept books, magazines and audiovisual materials. 

Donations

The Santa Monica Public Library welcomes donations for the Library’s collections and the Friends of the Library Bookstore. Donations are accepted at the Main Library. We welcome books, vinyl, audiobooks, CDs, and DVDs, but no galleys or screeners. If you have any questions please contact us at 310-458-8600 or email us at library@santamonica.gov. 

Seed Library

Please note: The Santa Monica Seed Library program is currently on hiatus. We do not know when the program will resume. Thank you for your participation and support!

Branch History

The Montana Avenue Branch Library opened as a storefront library in February 1952 in a rented building at 1528-30 Montana Avenue. After seven years, the thriving Branch was in need of more space so a new facility was constructed at its current location.

Designed by Weldon Fulton, architect of the Fairview Branch, the Montana Branch opened to much fanfare on March 1, 1960. In 2002, the Branch underwent major renovations, including the addition of a community room, as part of a system-wide upgrade of the branch libraries funded in part by a bond issue passed by Santa Monica voters. The Montana Branch benefitted from an interior improvements project in 2012. The current building size is 7,517 square feet.