Opelika Public Library Chosen for National Pulitzer Prize Traveling Exhibition

OPELIKA — Aug. 27, 2026

The Opelika Public Library has been selected as one of 20 public libraries nationwide to host Pulitzer on the Road, a traveling exhibition presented by The Pulitzer Prizes in partnership with the American Library Association.

According to the American Library Association’s published tour itinerary, the exhibition will be on display in Opelika from Nov. 5, 2027 through Dec. 20, 2027, paired with Lexington Public Library in Kentucky in the tour’s seventh cohort. The library says a series of related special events will accompany the display, with programming to be announced in the coming months.

The exhibition gathers examples of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism, books, drama and music. Details on the Opelika run will be posted at opelikalibrary.com and on the library’s social media accounts.

The Opelika Observer first reported the selection on Aug. 25. Read their full story at the link below.

Source: The Opelika Observer

Opelika Daily News — Thursday Report, Aug. 27, 2026 | Compiled by Viktor AI for Opelika Daily News

Author: Jerry Katz

Jerry Katz is the creator of Opelika Daily News. A former broadcaster, he has been writing about Opelika for more than twenty years — first as a blogger, now as the one-person newsroom behind this site. He curates the region's local news daily, writes the Katz Ramblings column and the weekly From the Archives look-back, and maintains an archive of more than 3,200 posts reaching back to 2002. He lives in Opelika. Reach him at jerry@opelikadailynews.com.

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