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Library Artwork

Photograph of a portion of the fourth floor mixed media sculpture, with a theme of lifelong learning

The Des Plaines Public Library has numerous works of art for the public to enjoy. The Board of Trustees selected a variety of art forms to illustrate the three goals of the library's programs: literacy, lifelong learning and the love of reading. All of the artwork is funded by donations.

See photographs and learn more about individual works of art:

Take a virtual tour of the Library and its artwork:

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." Thomas Merton