Group tours of 10 people or more of the in-house museum should be arranged in advance with the director.
Group tours are available outside of regular library hours.
The Margaret Reaney Memorial Library was a gift to the Village of St. Johnsville by local textile manufacturer, Joseph H. Reaney. Built in 1909, with a later addition in 1936, the gracious tapestry brick and gray granite building sits amid its own lovely park on a quiet side street. The building is dedicated in memory of Mr. Reaney's beloved mother, Margaret Julia Reaney. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Joseph and his mother returned to her hometown of Utica, New York, following her husband's death from tuberculosis in 1870. The senior Mr. Reaney had been a member of the 5th New York Duryee Zouaves during the Civil War.