Wheaton, Illinois

===Public library===
[[File:Wheaton Public Library's back enterance.jpg|thumb|A view of Cafe on the Park, located at the back of the Wheaton Public library]]
The Wheaton Public Library is frequently ranked as one of the top ten libraries in the nation compared to other libraries serving similarly sized populations.<ref name="libhistory">{{cite web|title=History of the Library |url=http://www.wheaton.lib.il.us/LI_WPLHist.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003131342/http://www.wheaton.lib.il.us/LI_WPLHist.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 October 2010 |publisher=Wheaton Public Library |access-date=23 May 2011 }}</ref> In 2006, a three-story addition was added, followed by significant renovations which were completed in 2007, to bring the square footage up from 74,000 to 124,000.<ref name="libhistory" /> The annual public library budget in 2018 was $4.084 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=City Budget |url=https://www.wheaton.il.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/4262 |publisher=City of Wheaton |access-date=19 December 2020 |page=454 |date=31 December 2018}}</ref> {{As of|2019}}, the total circulation was 1,013,326, the number of items in the collection was 262,745, and the number of visitors was 525,711.<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Report |date=31 December 2019 |url=https://www.wheatonlibrary.org/sites/default/files/pdf/AnnualReport-2019.pdf |publisher=Wheaton Public Library |access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> The previous public library was converted into the [[DuPage County Historical Museum]], between 1965 and 1967.

In May 2016, the library opened Café on the Park, a small restaurant located just inside the Wheaton Public Library's park-side (west) entrance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cafeontheparkwheaton.com/|title=Cafe on the Park Wheaton – Serious about coffee… and fun!|website=www.cafeontheparkwheaton.com|access-date=2016-05-09}}</ref>