Public Libraries in Melbourne, Florida

Three Brevard County branch libraries carry Melbourne addresses: the Melbourne Public Library downtown on East Fee Avenue, the Eau Gallie Public Library on Pineapple Avenue and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library on East University Blvd.

All three belong to Brevard County Library Services rather than the City of Melbourne. The county's all-branches page lists the Melbourne Public Library at 540 E. Fee Ave., Melbourne, FL 32901, phone (321) 952-4514; the Eau Gallie Public Library at 1521 Pineapple Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32935, phone (321) 255-4304; and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library at 955 E. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901, phone (321) 952-4511 (Brevard County library locations and hours, all branches). Last verified: October 21, 2026, against the county all-branches listing and the Melbourne and Eau Gallie branch pages, with each weekday's opening and closing time compared line by line.

The table shows why the branch matters on a Sunday or a Monday morning: of the three, only the downtown Melbourne branch opens on Sunday afternoons, and Eau Gallie does not open until noon on Mondays (Brevard County all-branches hours). For west-side neighborhoods, the same county page lists the West Melbourne Public Library at 2755 Wingate Blvd., West Melbourne, (321) 952-4508, closed Sundays and open until 8 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. The Brevard County public library system guide covers the card itself and the eLibrary, which work the same at every Melbourne branch.

Three more county branches sit just outside the Melbourne city addresses. The all-branches page lists the Melbourne Beach Public Library at 324 Ocean Ave., Melbourne Beach, (321) 956-5642; the Satellite Beach Public Library at 751 Jamaica Blvd., Satellite Beach, (321) 779-4004; and the Franklin T. DeGroodt Memorial Library at 6475 Minton Rd. S.E., Palm Bay, (321) 952-6317 (Brevard County all-branches page). The county branch pages carry the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners, 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way in Viera, in their footer (Melbourne Public Library page).

The downtown Melbourne Public Library on East Fee Avenue has a 100-person meeting room, a 12-person conference room, bookable study rooms, a genealogy collection and a Friends book sale room, plus free computers for card holders.

The county's Melbourne branch page lists a meeting room for up to 100 people with WiFi, a kitchenette, a lectern and a projection screen, and a conference room for up to 12, both reserved through the branch at (321) 952-4514 (Melbourne Public Library page). Two study rooms for up to 6 people each can be booked through the Reference Desk, and a third study room of the same size is first come, first served. Internet computers are free for library card holders, a guest pass costs $1, an ADA accessible computer is available, and WiFi is free. Mobile printing can be sent from anywhere and paid for in cash at pickup.

The Friends Book Sale Room inside the Melbourne library is open during regular library hours, and the branch page says most items there, from hardcover fiction to DVDs and magazines, are priced at one dollar (Melbourne Public Library page). The branch page also asks library volunteers to call (321) 952-4514. Programs for babies, preschoolers, school-age children and adults appear on the branch event calendar, which changes week to week, so the calendar on the county branch page is the place to check the current Melbourne schedule.

One local detail catches returning borrowers: due to safety concerns, the Melbourne Public Library's after-hours book drop is not available, and materials must be returned during regular library hours (Melbourne Public Library page). With Melbourne closing at 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, a Friday evening return at the downtown branch waits for Saturday morning.

The Eau Gallie Public Library at 1521 Pineapple Avenue has a 100-person meeting room with a kitchen, three walk-in study rooms and free computers, and it is closed on Sundays.

The Eau Gallie branch page lists one meeting room for up to 100 people with a projection screen, a kitchen with a sink, a DVD player and a projector, reserved by calling (321) 255-4304 under the county meeting room policy (Eau Gallie Public Library page). Its three study rooms are first come, first served, hold 2 to 4 people each and can be used for up to 2 hours at a time. Internet computers are free for library card holders, a guest pass costs $1, an ADA accessible computer is available and wireless access is free; mobile printing works the same way as at the Melbourne branch, with cash payment at pickup.

Eau Gallie hours run later early in the week than on weekends: the county lists Monday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday until 8 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday until 6 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Brevard County all-branches hours). The Eau Gallie branch and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library list the same branch contact on the county page, so questions about either can start with the Eau Gallie number, (321) 255-4304, or the King library line, (321) 952-4511.

The King library on East University Boulevard in Melbourne is open weekdays only, closed on both Saturday and Sunday, with late hours until 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The county all-branches page gives its hours as Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. (closing at 6 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday and 5 p.m. on Friday) and Tuesday and Thursday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., with the phone (321) 952-4511 (Brevard County all-branches hours). That makes it the Melbourne branch to avoid on a weekend and the one that fits an after-work visit on Tuesday or Thursday. The county's library history page carries a separate history link for the King library (Brevard County library history page).

Melbourne and Eau Gallie were two of the first five public libraries in Brevard County, each started by a club or group of citizens before the county began funding them in 1959.

The county's Celebrate 50 Years page explains that most Brevard libraries began when a club or group of citizens organized a library program, and that the first five public libraries in the county, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Melbourne and North Brevard in Titusville, all started this way (Brevard County library history page). In 1959 the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners and the cities began implementing Florida Statute 150, which gave county funding support to the five municipal libraries in return for serving all county residents.

The system grew from five libraries to nine between 1960 and 1970, and the Brevard County Federated Library System was established in 1971, when Florida Statute 150 was rescinded and Brevard County Ordinance 72-1 became the legal authority for countywide library operations (Brevard County library history page).

Family history is part of the Melbourne library's role. The county genealogy page says three of the 17 Brevard libraries hold genealogy collections open for in-library use, and that the Titusville and Melbourne public libraries both have genealogy rooms staffed at various times by volunteers from local genealogy societies (Brevard County genealogy page). The largest collection is at the Catherine Schweinsberg Rood Central Library in Cocoa, where the Brevard County Historical Commission takes appointments at (321) 633-1794.

The downtown Melbourne Public Library sits near Wells Park, a city park on East Fee Avenue open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., so a library stop can pair with the park.

The City of Melbourne describes Wells Park, at 600 E. Fee Avenue, as a neighborhood park with a jogging path, pavilion, large pond, playground and picnic areas, located near the Melbourne Auditorium, the Melbourne Military Memorial Park and the Melbourne Library (City of Melbourne Wells Park page). The Melbourne parks section has the full list of city parks.

The county library history page states that a borrower's card from any member library is accepted at all other libraries in the system (Brevard County library history page). Meeting rooms are booked by phone at the branch that holds them, (321) 952-4514 for the Melbourne Public Library and (321) 255-4304 for Eau Gallie (Melbourne Public Library page; Eau Gallie Public Library page). The Melbourne branch's 100-person room has a kitchenette and projection screen, and the Eau Gallie room of the same capacity adds a DVD player and projector.