Children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers can join us Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. for a 30-minute storytime with stories, musical activities and take-home activities that prepare your child for school.
Due to software issues affecting all libraries using the service, the Iowa Adventure Pass program will temporarily shut down in 2025. Any reservation already made for 2025 will be honored, but we encourage anyone with a current reservation to print those passes immediately. Customers can still make new reservations for passes that must be used by December 31, 2024. The service will return at a later time. We apologize for the inconvenience.
All locations of the Des Moines Public Library will be open normal hours Saturday, December 14, and all locations will serve as emergency warming shelters during open hours.
Children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers can join us Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. for a 30-minute storytime with stories, musical activities and take-home activities that prepare your child for school.
Learn how to use the Glowforge Plus Laser Engraver at Tech Central! This program takes the place of the 1 on 1 Glowforge tutorial, so you will be fully qualified to book and use the Glowforge on your own after this program.
Free library parking is available in Central's underground parking garage for two hours per visit. Parking around the library is metered at various costs from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
Join us at the Central Library for a fun storytime featuring movement, music, and rhyming! The storytime will take place in the meeting room to allow for social distancing.
Free library parking is available in Central's underground parking garage for two hours per visit. Parking around the library is metered at various costs from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
Preschoolers and their caregivers can enjoy stories, rhymes, music, and learn school readiness skills. Afterwards, we will enjoy free-play together.
This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.
Make your own slime to take home at North Side!
Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by a caregiver over 12 years old.
Join us for our monthly South Side Book Discussion!
Our March book is The Sentence by Louise Erdrich.
Are you a graphic novel fan? Join us for our EPIC Graphic Novel BOOK CLUB for ages 7-11.
This event is cancelled due to illness. Please join us for kids painting this same evening at 6:30!
This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.
Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by a caregiver over 12 years old.
Dungeons & Dragons is a role-playing game set in worlds of swords and sorcery where players use their imaginations to create characters and tell a story together. This adventuring group meets on the third Thursday of each month from 5:30
Free library parking is available in Central's underground parking garage for two hours per visit. Parking around the library is metered at various costs from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
Join us at North Side Library for the YA for Adults Book Club. This month we will discuss Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Have you ever played a game so big that you were the pieces? Drop-by the library to listen to a story and play our Giant Candyland and Giant Snakes and Ladders to win a candy prize. Best for Ages 6+
Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by a caregiver over 12 years old.
The whole family can join us for this special event featuring Kelly Crull, the author of "Washed Ashore: Making Art from Ocean Plastic." He will share information about all of the plastic that ends up in the ocean, and how it can be turned i
Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by a caregiver over 12 years old.
Get creative on canvas with watercolors and tempura paints! All supplies provided.
Children should wear clothing that may get stained. Registration is required.
This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.
Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by a caregiver over 12 years old.