Library News

100 Years Community Service by Muscoda Library

The Muscoda Public Library is celebrating 100 years of library service to Muscoda and surrounding areas. November 9, 1926 the first volume was given to the Muscoda Women’s Club and the books were placed on a shelf in the Myra Mainwaring home and later moved to the home of Calista Clark where the space was rented for $5 per month. The third location of the library was in the home willed by Dr. Pickering in 1944. A part of the house was rented and the money used to run the library.

In 1945, the Village of Muscoda created a library board to operate the library through an appropriation of $500 a year. In 1959, the library was included in the new Municipal Build and began operations there. In 2016, a new building was erected on the site of the old Muscoda High School at 400 N Wisconsin Avenue and has been operating there ever since.

Reorganization of the library and its operations began in 1967 with the creation of new village ordinances and a new librarian. Services for children and adults were expanded with story hours, regular hours, a record collection and a pamphlet file as the support for the library grew with the library. The library has grown from 537 books in 1939 to 7,000 books and 400 records in 1976, to more than 16,000 books and 2000 movies in 2026.

1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program Launch Party

The Muscoda Library in collaboration with Riverdales Schools and CESA3 will be launching a new program called 1000 Books Before Kindergarten on Saturday March 21, 2026. This is a free program which encourages you to read 1,000 books with your child before he or she starts kindergarten. The goal is to help kids get ready for kindergarten and that starts at home!

Puzzles Available for Checkout

We have puzzles! The Library now has puzzles that can be checked out just as a book would be. A new floor display as you walk into the Library highlights all the puzzles that are available for checkout with more to be catalogued and in the system soon. The puzzles will be moved to the shelves on the left side as you walk in the Library for permanent location.

If you have good gently used puzzles to donate to the Library, bring them in and have Dave take a look at them.

Lawn Renovation at the Muscoda Library

A major lawn renovation project has been completed at the library. This project, which was 100% funded by donations, included removing the current (weed filled) lawn, installing an irrigation system, adding a layer of good dirt, installing sod all the way around, and planting 7 trees.

This project has been discussed and anticipated since the new library opened and after 2 attempts to establish a good lawn around the library. The Library Board and Staff are very thankful to all those who donated to make this project possible. Our beautiful Library will look even better and enhance the look of Muscoda!

Summer Reading Program

Summer Reading Program 2025 has ended. Stop in to get prizes for the young participants!

Print from Phone Capability Added

The library has added “print from phone” capability at the patron printer by the public computers. This is one of the items we get asked about most that wasn’t available in the past.

New Library Director

The Muscoda Public Library announces the retirement of long-time Library Director, Lorna Aigner, after many years of heading up library operations. Lorna is replaced by David Baumann, who grew up in Muscoda and attended Riverdale Schools. David spent 37 years as a Mechanical Engineer at GE Aerospace in Cincinnati before retiring back to Muscoda in early 2023. David has been working at the Muscoda Public Library since mid-2023 and became Director in September 2024. Joining David at the library are long-time librarians Lynn Meister and Dawn Dalberg.

Library Hours Change

A change is being made to the library’s hours so that opening is the same time every day. The library will now open at 10:00am Mon-Sat and close at 7:00pm Mon & Wed, at 5:00pm Tue, Thu, Fri, and at 1:00pm on Sat.

Library Collections

The library is committed to providing collections of books and movies that are current and relevant to the citizens of the community. New books and DVDs are being added regularly and older non-circulating books and DVDs and out-of-date reference books are being removed. These removed items are available at the library at no cost to the public and include hard back books, paper back books, and DVDs.