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. 

Due to the renovation, access to the Youth Services Department will be closed to the public during January and February. You will still be able to use the Ewbank Meeting Room throughout this closure, but our procedures for using the room have been modified:

  • Please enter the library via the High St. entrance. This entrance provides direct access to the Ewbank Meeting Room only. To access other areas of the library, you must use the Mary St. or Parking Lot entrances.
  • Once inside, please call our Adult Services Department at 812-537-2775 Ext. 1125. Let us know that you have arrived and provide your group's name. A staff member will come to unlock the room for your group.
  • 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 call 812-537-2775 Ext. 1125 again to let us know. Please leave your clipboard in the room. A staff member will come to lock the room and collect the clipboard. There is no need to wait for us.

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.