Museum Opens New “Little Free Library” [PHOTOS]

The Little Free Library is a “take a book, return a book” free book exchange, part of a worldwide nonprofit organization that inspires the love of reading, builds community, and sparks creativity by fostering neighborhood book exchanges around the world.

The Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida recently celebrated the grand opening of the newest Little Free Library (#52537) in our local area.

The Little Free Library is a “take a book, return a book” free book exchange, part of a worldwide nonprofit organization that inspires the love of reading, builds community, and sparks creativity by fostering neighborhood book exchanges around the world.

The museum’s new Little Free Library (LFL) was a special project by Boy Scout Adam Klamerus, a recent graduate of Niceville High School where he was a football student-athlete. Adam spent his summer designing, constructing and successfully installing the new LFL as part of his requirements to rank as an Eagle Scout.

 

Additional projects for the Museum included a customized bookshelf for the research library as well as a brochure rack for the gift shop.

About 60 people attended the LFL opening and ribbon cutting.  Guests enjoyed light refreshments, a book exchange, DIY bookmark station and story time with Angela Yuriko-Smith, local author of “The Literary Lizard”.  Members of “Okaloosa Rocks” also joined the celebration helping children paint kindness rocks for sharing throughout the community.

 

The “Little Free Library” and other projects were made possible with generous contributions from community business sponsors Walker Ace Hardware and Compass Builders of Florida.

PHOTO (top): Boy Scout Adam Klamerus and the Museum’s Education Coordinator, Melissa Blount, cut the ribbon on the Little Free Library at the Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida.