Parking Garage Closed Starting Monday, September 15

The underground parking garage will be closed starting Monday, September 15 through the week. The recently poured concrete had to cure for 30 days and now needs to be sealed with a protective coating. Please use the east and west parking lots of the Main Library.

Library Closed: Friday, September 26 for Staff Day

All Library locations are closed Friday, September 26, for a staff development day. 

STEAM Fair

Program Type:

Games & Activities, Classes & Workshops

Age Group:

Kids, Teens, Adults, All Ages
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About This Event

Discover, problem solve, and engage in critical thinking at our First-Ever STEAM Fair! Join us and our partners at this special event highlighting subjects that promote critical thinking skills: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math. Learn coding with robots, experience virtual reality, or enjoy one of many other hands-on activities. Pick up a map when you arrive to collect stamps and take home a bag of goodies when you leave. All ages. Drop in.

Presented in partnership with: Bess Bower Dunn Museum, Boy Scouts of America, Cernan Earth and Space Center, Clean Minecraft Videos, Community Consolidated School District 15, Crabtree Nature Center, GoDroneX, Harper College Chemistry Club, Harper College Mobile Unit, Hoffman Estates Park District, Home Depot of Palatine, Northern Illinois Rocketry Association, Northrop Grumman, Northwest Suburban Astronomers, Palatine Fire Department, Palatine High School Robotics Club, Palatine Park District, Palatine Police Department, Rocket Launchers—FLL, SciTech Hands-On Museum, Snapology of Palatine- Barrington, STEM For Kids—IL NW Chicago, Stillman Nature Center, and William Fremd High School Robotics Club.