2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

Youth Services

Amazing Minerals! (session 2)

The Rutgers Geology Museum returns to present this exciting class to kids entering grades K-6!

Museum staff will talk about minerals, and participants will learn about the three rock types, how they are formed, and how geologists define minerals and their properties. Attendees will participate in hands-on science and arts activities, and each participant will receive their own mineral identification kit to take home!

Limited space!  Please stop at the children's desk 30 minutes before this event for a free ticket, while supplies last.

Amazing Minerals! (session 1)

The Rutgers Geology Museum returns to present this exciting class to kids entering grades K-6!

Museum staff will talk about minerals, and participants will learn about the three rock types, how they are formed, and how geologists define minerals and their properties. Attendees will participate in hands-on science and arts activities, and each participant will receive their own mineral identification kit to take home!

Limited space!  Please stop at the children's desk beginning at 9:30 AM for a free ticket, while supplies last.

Board Game Cafe (Gr. 4-12)

Bring your friends to play some fun board games, hang out, and enjoy some cafe drinks and pastries!

Feel free to bring your own board games as well! 

*Earn one point towards teen summer reading prizes by attending this event! Look for the code word and enter it in the app or in your reading log!*

Community Scrapbook Night

Drop by the meeting rooms any time during this event to sit down and craft a scrapbook page for the EB community scrapbook! Completed pages will be collected and digitized for online access, as well as being assembled into a physical scrapbook that will be entered into the libary's collection like a time capsule for future generations.

Light snacks will be provided!

*Earn one point towards teen summer reading prizes by attending this event! Look for the code word and enter it in the app or in your reading log!*