Adventure Pass Ending in 2025

Due to circumstances outside of our control, the Des Moines Public Library’s Iowa Adventure Pass service 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. 

I-Spy: Iowa's Earliest Residents

All Day
All Ages
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Library Branch: East Side Library
Room: East Side Children’s Area
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Gaming
Event Details:

Stop in anytime November 1st-15th to spy amazing objects from the University of Iowa's discovery trunk on Iowa's earliest residents all over the library.  Can you find a mammoth tooth, an atlatl, and more?  When you are finished, stop by

Storytime To Go Bags

All Day
Birth-Preschool
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Room: Franklin Avenue Children’s Area
Age Group: Birth-Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytimes, Take & Make
Event Details:

Visit the Franklin Library at the beginning of each week to pick up a different Storytime To Go Bag.  Each bag will include rhymes, songs, and book suggestions for babies and preschoolers along with literacy activities.  The storytime ba

Forest Avenue Brick Fund Meeting

9:30am - 10:30am
Adults
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Library Branch: Forest Avenue Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Library Meeting
Event Details:

Quarterly meeting of the Forest Avenue Library Brick Fund Advisors.

Level Up!

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teens
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Library Branch: Forest Avenue Library
Room: Forest Avenue Conference Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gaming
Event Details:

Level Up your gaming skills! Use our tablets and Nintendo Switch to play Among Us, Minecraft, Roblox, and more. Ages 8+.