Adventure Pass Changes in 2025

Due to software issues affecting all libraries using the service, the Des Moines Public Library’s Iowa Adventure Pass program will no longer be available 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 make new reservations for passes that must be used by December 31, 2024. We hope to reintroduce the service at a later time, and we apologize for the inconvenience. 

Superhero Scavenger Hunt

All Day
Children, Teens
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Library Branch: South Side Library
Room: South Side Children’s Area
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Gaming
Event Details:

Kids! Come to South and find all of the superheroes running lose inside the library with our Superhero Scavenger Hunt! Pick up your scavenger hunt at the desk and find all the superheroes to win a prize!

Man From the Train: Solving the Villisca Axe Murders

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: DMPL Systemwide
Room: Zoom Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Visits
Required
Seats Remaining: 38
Event Details:

Fans of true crime and local history will be familiar with the Villisca Axe Murders of June 10, 1912. Eight people were murdered in a single night, and the killer was never found.