Cultural Arts Center

The Floyd County Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center is a branch of The Floyd County Library in New Albany, Indiana. Serving as a hub for arts, culture, and history, it offers exhibitions, educational programs, and creative services that encourage artistic growth, exploration, and learning. Admission is free for visitors of all ages.

The center presents exhibitions spanning visual art and regional history. Current displays include an exhibition on Lucy Higgs Nichols, tracing her life from enslavement in Tennessee through her Civil War nursing service and later freedom, and a showcase of the ordinary people, both free and enslaved, whose courage contributed to the Underground Railroad on both sides of the Ohio River. Its program also features nationally acclaimed visual artist Jaylin Monet’ Stewart’s “Redemption” exhibition.

Visitors can take part in events such as Lunch & Learns and art workshops, create in the Makerspace, join group tours with advance notice, and use meeting rooms.