Missoula Public Library
Library Notices
- The Trustees will meet on the fifth Wednesday, May 31, in the Blackfoot Room and Zoom at 6pm. Open to the public.
Using The Library
Calendar of Events
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- SA
Events for May
30
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Parenting Education Workshops
Families First Classroom
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Acting Improv @ MCAT Studios
MCAT
Events for May
31
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Blue Block Day
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Water Worlds
Level Two
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Democracy Project
Art Box
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Fossils Rock! Lecture Series
Cooper Room B
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
Events for June
1
Summer Learning Program
Missoula Public Library
Pet Food and Toy Drive
Missoula Public Library
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Art Unleashed: A Transformative Community Art Project at Your Local Library!
Missoula Public Library
AUOR Family Passport Program
Missoula Public Library
10:00 am
Seeley Lake Book Group
Seeley Lake Branch Library
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Kids Cook with ChopChop
Demonstration Kitchen
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Girls Who Code Club
MakerSpace
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for June
2
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
Events for June
3
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Altered Books for Everyone
Cooper Room
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Sewing and Mending
MakerSpace
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for June
4
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
One Day Short Film Production
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
Events for June
5
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Seeley Lake Library: Open Podcasting Studio
Seeley Lake Branch Library
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Intro to 10-Minute Playwriting
Blackfoot Room
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
An Intro to Gardening for Wildlife
Cooper Room B
Events for June
6
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Big Sky Gaming Station
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for June
7
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Blue Block Day
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Direct Animation with Justine Lai
MakerSpace
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
Events for June
8
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Parenting Consultation Drop-In Day
Families First Consult Rooms
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Girls Who Code Club
MakerSpace
Events for June
9
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
Events for June
10
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Knit in Public Day
Main Street Lawn
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Blender 3 for Absolute Beginners
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
All Ages Metal Music Fest
Level One
Events for June
11
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
One Day Short Film Production
MCAT
Events for June
12
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Intro to 10-Minute Playwriting
Blackfoot Room
Events for June
13
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Big Sky Arts & Crafts
Big Sky Branch Library
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dream Bigger Montana
Families First Classroom
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Eating & Reading
Futura Mobile Park
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Plant a Pollinator Garden
Imaginarium
2:00 pm
Memory Café
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Science That Serves: Become a Community Naturalist
Cooper Room
Events for June
14
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Blue Block Day
Families First Classroom
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Families First Out to Lunch
Caras Park
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Swan Valley Book Chat
Swan Valley Branch
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Big Sky Summer Game Day
Big Sky Branch Library
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Surviving & Thriving: Perpetuating Oral Tradition
Cooper Room B
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
2nd Wednesday Night Book Group
Blackfoot Room
Events for June
15
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dream Bigger Montana
Families First Classroom
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Eating & Reading
Travois Village
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Big Sky Family Movie
Big Sky Branch Library
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
You’re an Engineer
Imaginarium
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Girls Who Code Club
MakerSpace
5:45 pm
Frenchtown Book Club
Frenchtown Branch Library
Events for June
16
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
Events for June
17
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Western Montana Genealogical Society Work Day
Blackfoot Room
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Missoula Pride: Business Ally Panel Discussion
Cooper Room A
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Missoula Pride: Queer Communities in Confinement Panel Discussion and Q&A
Cooper Room B
Events for June
18
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
One Day Short Film Production
MCAT
Events for June
20
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Big Sky Arts & Crafts
Big Sky Branch Library
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dream Bigger Montana
Families First Classroom
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Eating & Reading
Futura Mobile Park
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Ready or Not: Strategies to Discover Ancestors Playing Hide and Seek
Cooper Room A
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Library Pen Pals
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Science That Serves: Become a Community Naturalist
Cooper Room
Events for June
21
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Blue Block Day
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Kids Cooking Class
Demonstration Kitchen
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Fossils Rock! Lecture Series
Cooper Room B
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
6:30 pm
3rd Wednesday Book Group
Blackfoot Room
Events for June
22
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dream Bigger Montana
Families First Classroom
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Eating & Reading
Travois Village
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Big Sky Family Movie
Big Sky Branch Library
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Girls Who Code Club
MakerSpace
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Families First Downtown ToNight
Caras Park
Events for June
23
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
4HistoryBuffs
Cooper Room
Events for June
24
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for June
25
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
One Day Short Film Production
MCAT
Events for June
26
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
Events for June
27
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
American Red Cross Blood Drive at MPL
Cooper Room
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Big Sky Arts & Crafts
Big Sky Branch Library
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dream Bigger Montana
Families First Classroom
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Eating & Reading
Futura Mobile Park
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for June
28
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Blue Block Day
Families First Classroom
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Families First Out to Lunch
Caras Park
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Mini Concert Series with the Missoula Symphony
Swan Valley Community Center
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Be a Physicist! with spectrUM
Potomac Branch Library
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Mini Concert Series with the Missoula Symphony
Seeley Lake Branch Library
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Wednesdays with the Mayor
Cooper Room B
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Montana Racial Equity Project Book Club
Ellingson Room
Events for June
29
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dream Bigger Montana
Families First Classroom
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Eating & Reading
Travois Village
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Big Sky Family Movie
Big Sky Branch Library
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Girls Who Code Club
MakerSpace
Events for June
30
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
Events for July
1
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Altered Books for Everyone
Cooper Room
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Sewing and Mending
MakerSpace
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
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Missoula's New Library
Learn more about MPL's design inspiration and features in this video tour of the downtown building.
Heritage Quest
A genealogy database to help research your family history. Search census records, books, articles, and more.
Game Space
Play a variety of Xbox One and Nintendo Switch video games. Please see library staff on Level One for controllers.
Tech Connect
MPL offers basic technology sessions for those new to using computers, mobile devices, and the internet.