Davidson County Public Library — Attraction in Lexington

Staff were usually polite, except today an older white man made a beeline to me as I was setting up my things. I initially smiled, but then was excessively questioned. I was wearing a shirt with a menorah on it, and I have thick dreadlocks. I came in with my wagon full of textbooks, worksheets, and laptop. I explained that I am a teacher (my school is embroidered on the laptop case). He either did not hear me, or did not believe me. It was uncomfortable and strange. He was eyeing over each of my things. The other reason the rating is lower, is due to the short hours. Saturdays I spend grading and working on lesson prep, closing at 3pm on a Saturday does...

My daughter and I love this place. they have a wide variety of books. They have a craft corona. They have computers that the kids can get on. They have puzzles they have reading times they have a bunch of activities. You can check books out at and with no problem, you can also print out papers. The staff is very friendly and kind and informative. My daughter loves this place. Sometimes I have to drag her out of it lol we went to the craft room just last week and had a blast. I would recommend any family with kids oranges anybody to come and read or just relax it’s very cold in there as far as like AC...

UNWELCOMING and JUDGEMENTAL, within 5 minutes of waking in, a man who was reading, stared at us,walked all the way to the security room and watched us. Me, and My partner, who was uninterested in checking out a book, were approached by the man, accused of doing something suspicious, admitted to watching us on camera, and "didn't accuse us of anything". ALL THIS WITHIN 5-8 MINUTES, I walked out of my childhood library I just visited for the first time in 6 years. So uncomfortable being judged so quickly for simply being a...