FY2025 Annual Report to Donors
Dear friends and supporters of Sturgis Library: Like the old oaks and maples that line the streets of Barnstable Village, … Read more
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FY2024 Annual Report to Donors
Dear friends and supporters of Sturgis Library: What do the Beatles, jazz, artificial intelligence, the Somers mutiny, news literacy, Teafor … Read more
Kanopy Streaming Service
Patrons with a Sturgis Library card can access Kanopy streaming service for free! Kanopy is a wonderful streaming service for … Read more
Sturgis Library featured on WCAI’s The Point
WCAI’s The Point was on the road in January, and one of the stops they made was to Sturgis Library. … Read more
FY2023 Annual Report to Donors
Dear friends of Sturgis Library: As you read the following report, I hope you will reflect upon all of the … Read more
Hydrangea Festival Gardens 2023
Enjoy images from Sturgis Library’s hosted gardens, on Main Street in Barnstable, Collie Lane in Cummaquid, Hyannis Road in Barnstable, … Read more
New CLAMS Catalog launches February 27th
CLAMS libraries are moving to the Aspen Discovery platform to enhance and enrich your user experience. Aspen makes searching for … Read more
FY2022 Annual Report to Donors
Dear friends and supporters of Sturgis Library: Thanks to our amazing staff – and despite lingering challenges posed by COVID-19 … Read more
Stories from the Archives: 1768 Letter from the Selectmen of Boston to the Selectmen of Wellfleet
This blog highlights interesting items from the Sturgis Library Archives. Today’s highlight is a document that dates to the resistance … Read more
New Gardens @ Sturgis Library
2022: In the spring of 2022, we worked again with Dave Scandurra and the crew of Edible Landscapes to revive … Read more
Barnstable Village Coloring Book
The new Barnstable Village Coloring Book by Elizabeth Mumford is hot off the presses! Get your copy today! The coloring … Read more
Historic Deeds Index & Archive
Sturgis Library is pleased to present our historic deeds index. Staff and volunteers have been working to index the Stanley … Read more
New Expanded Local Newspaper Archive
Sturgis Library, working together with the Dennis and Yarmouth libraries, has just competed the expansion of our Barnstable Patriot digital … Read more
Vehicle Donation Program
Sturgis Library is pleased to offer a new way to support our programs and services — donate your used car, … Read more
4th of July photos by Steve Heaslip
Sturgis Library has a great collection of 4th of July photographs by Cape Cod Times photographer and Barnstable Village resident … Read more
Memorial and Honorary Donation Program
To find out about more about donating to the Sturgis Library in honor of or in memory of a … Read more
Sandy Neck Archives
Over the past two years, Sturgis Library Director Lucy Loomis has worked with Town Councilor Ann Canedy and Sandy Neck … Read more
Mary Sturgis Shaw Portrait Donated
Sturgis Library is pleased to accept the donation of a portrait of Mary Louisa Sturgis Shaw (1821-1870), one of the … Read more
Sturgis descendants donate portrait
Descendants of Library founder William Sturgis gathered at the Sturgis Library on Friday, November 1st, 2013 to pay tribute to … Read more