A medium feeding device includes: a placement unit on which a medium is placed; a feeding section that feeds the medium placed on the placement unit; a wrinkle detection section that is provided on a further upstream side than the feeding section in a feeding direction and outputs a detection value in accordance with a wrinkle in the medium; and a control section that performs predetermined control on the basis of the detection value of the wrinkle detection section and stops the feeding section in a case in which the detection value output from the wrinkle detection section exceeds a predetermined allowable value.