Parmly Billings Library provides access to the world of social and cultural ideas by offering a wide variety of materials in multiple formats, information and programs.

The Library ignites a passion for reading, lifelong learning, intellectual pursuits, and community involvement to improve and maintain quality of life for patrons of all ages.

Parmly Billings Library is the public library serving Billings and Yellowstone County, Montana. It was established in 1901. The library is named for Parmly Billings, eldest son of Frederick Billings, the City’s founder and namesake. The Billings family donated the first library to the young town in memory of Parmly, the only family member to ever live in the City.

Here is the complete history of the library, a 1.4MB .pdf file. The Billings Gazette had a story on 02 Oct 1901 (3569KB) on the library's opening in 1901, as did the Helena Herald (03 OCT 1901, 361KB), the Bozeman Chronicle (02 Oct 1901, 65.0KB), and the Anaconda Standard (23 Aug 1901, 2143K).