Long-Awaited Surratts-Clinton Branch Library Opens

25,000 Sq Foot Library Reopens With New Features And Learning Options

After a five-year renovation, the Surratts-Clinton Branch Library at 9400 Piscataway Road in Clinton opened to the public on Monday, March 4, 2024. Library officials were excited to make the facility available to the surrounding community at the first possible opportunity. 

Librarians are eager to host storytimes and other programs for larger audiences in the 25,000-plus square-foot space. The new “Discovery Bay”-themed children’s area includes sailboat-shaped reading nooks, a lighthouse for children to sit on and read, a wall mural of Chesapeake

Bay animals and fish, seagulls flying from the ceiling, and nautical-themed furniture.

“We are looking forward to welcoming back the Clinton community into our beautiful new space! It includes a computer lab, dedicated teen and children's areas, and multiple study rooms,” Surratts-Clinton Branch Library supervisors Mary Kietzman and Shannon Young said. 

The library has 60 public computers, a computer lab, a meeting room with a stage, a conference room, and six study rooms – including a room for children and one for teens. It also boasts a new entrance, new decorative metal panels on the exterior, a vending cafe, a fireplace, a comfort room for parents, a fully-enclosed children’s area and teen zone, and “Reminisce” by Carey Dean, a stained glass mosaic near the entrance which depicts views of the Chesapeake

Bay from Calvert Cliffs State Park, funded in partnership with the Prince George’s County Arts and Humanities Council’s Art in Public Places Program.

Surratts-Clinton, originally dedicated in January 1980, was built on land once owned by the Piscataway Nation and uses two local historic namesakes. It closed for renovations in the summer of 2019, and construction began in February 2020.

“There is a lot to be excited about with this beautiful new renovation. Customers won’t even recognize it as the same building on the inside – that is how much has changed,” said Nestor

Diaz, PGCMLS communications manager and former Surratts-Clinton Branch Library staff member. 

The Surratts-Clinton Branch Library will be open during the same hours as other PGCMLS branches: 10 am-6 pm Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays; 12-8 pm Tuesdays and Wednesdays; and 10 am-5pm