2024 Solar Eclipse Party

Important Update Regarding Meeting Usage During Library Renovation

During 2026, we will be undergoing a renovation to better serve the people of Dearborn County. 

During Phase 2 of the renovation access to Youth Services, Genealogy and the Innov812 Workshop will only be available via the High Street entrance.You will still be able to use the Ewbank Meeting Room during Phase 2, but our procedures for using the room have been modified:

  • Please enter the library via the High St. entrance. This entrance provides access to the Ewbank Meeting Room, Youth Services, Genealogy, and the Innov812 Workshop only. To access other areas of the library, you must use the Parking Lot entrance.
  • Once inside, please check in with the Youth Services Department so we can give you the clipboard and key to the room.
  • If you need any assistance at any time during your meeting, please call 812-537-2775 Ext. 1125 and a staff member will come to help.
  • When your meeting has finished, please check out with the Youth Services Department where you can return the clipboard and key.

We are excited to share our upgraded spaces with you once renovations are complete. In the meantime, we appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to improve your library.

Program Type:

Activities, Art, Arts & Crafts, Craft, Movie/Film, Presentation, STEM, Other

Age Group:

Everyone, Infants, Preschool, Schoolage, Teens, New Adult, Adults
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Program Description

Join us for an afternoon full of fun, snacks, and darkness!

The fun begins at 1:30 and will take place rain or shine.

 * Visit the Ewbank Room for your free pair of Eclipse Glasses, learn about Eclipse viewing safety, find out about the day's events, make a Magic Sunbeam bracelet and doodle on the moon.

* Visit the Genealogy/Local History Room to make an Origami Star.

* Stop outside in the Library Junction Garden to snack on Galaxy Popcorn and view the eclipse. We'll have some seats, but feel free to bring your own. 

* Visit the Sally Stegner Depot room and view the Universe.

* Beginning at 1:45 in the Children's Garden join us to shoot off your very own Solar Flare Rocket

*Hang out in the Picture Book Area and watch The Magic School Bus Kids in Space.

* Pullup a chair to our new iPads in the Youth Services Department and watch Storybots: Outer Space.

* Wander over to the Teen Room to watch a live stream from NASA on the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse

* Record the day for history by stopping at the Youth Services Desk and taking a picture at our Galaxy Photo Op.