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- The main entrance to the Kigali Public Library.
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- The main entrance, from the other side.
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- See that entrance over there? Want to check it out?
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- Warmer....
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- Really warm now....
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- Hot!!! Want to go inside for a tour? Come on in!
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- Welcome! We're pleased to see you here!
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- (The gentlemen second from your left has been a security guard on our site since the very beginning. While we were still fundraising and not yet building, he herded goats on the land.)
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- The front entrance, from the inside.
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- Welcome again! My colleagues and I are in front of the library's front desk in the main hall. From your left to right: Paul Masterjerb, who has worked on the Kigali Public Library from the very beginning. Next, Jolly Mazimhaka, President of the Rotary Club of Kigali-Virunga when this picture was taken. Finally, all the way right is Janepher Turatsinze, the first Executive Director of the Kigali Public Library.
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- Looking at the entrance hall from the third floor.
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- Looking from the main floor towards the elevator, a central computer cluster to easily lookup library resources, and some of the periodicals.
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- The elevator shaft and central computer cluster.
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- Looking from the main floor towards part of the ceiling.
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- The children's reading room. (Don't tell anyone, but this is my favorite room in the whole library.)
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- Just a bunch of kids hanging out in the children's room.
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- Story time!
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- The children's computer cluster.
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- Entrance to "The Kids Hall," where we'll host dedicated children's events.
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- "The Kids Hall." Few adults have ever seen inside. But then we already knew you are special.
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- The main computer center. This cluster of 35 terminals is the largest of several computer clusters throughout the library, which also has wireless Internet access.
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- Comfy and spacious.
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- Part of the non-fiction section.
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- Another part of the non-fiction section.
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- Yet another part of the non-fiction section: history and geography!
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- The atrium, looking down from the main floor.
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- Front door to the Executive Director's office.
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- The main reading hall.
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- The view out of the library's rear window from the main reading hall.
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- Side staircase. Let's go checkout the rooftop cafe. All this touring around has made me thirsty!
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- Door to rooftop.
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- Is that a rooftop cafe over there? Why yes, I think it is!
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- Part of the rooftop cafe. May I bring you a cold drink while you enjoy reading that book?
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- Or would you just like to enjoy the view?
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- Relax....
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- Or maybe spend time with friends and colleagues?
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- We're still working on outfitting the cafe. But can't you just taste all the yummy treats that will fill these displays?
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- I think my friend Sam Dusengiyumva was a cafe manager in another life. Look how naturally he poses there.
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- Rooftop view of the United States Embassy.
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- OK, back inside. Going down 3 floors on the central staircase to the ground floor. Another reading hall.
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- Central staircase, from the ground floor.
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- Fiction section.
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- More of the fiction section.
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- Meeting rooms.
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- Young adults' section.
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- More of the young adults' section.
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- Atrium, from the ground floor.
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- The largest meeting room. It's a multi-purpose space that can be configured however you want.
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- Huge, comfy couch!
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- Indoor bridge connecting parts of the third floor. The reference section is in the distance
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- The bridge.
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- The front window.
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- Staff lounge.
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- Reference section.
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- More of the reference section
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- Benches outside the reference section.
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- Our tour is, unfortunately, drawing to a close. Back outside. View of the United States Embassy across the street from the library's front entrance.
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- Y'all come back now, ya hear?
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- Looking forward to seeing you next time!
