2025 is our 75th Anniversary!
April is also National Library Week, so we’re celebrating all things St. Mary’s County Library in April to kick off our celebratory year.
Kickoff Events at Your Library!
Curious about the inner workings of your local Library? Want to learn more about what St. Mary’s County Library offers? Drop in to see behind the scenes on a comprehensive tour and help us kick off our celebratory year with fun scavenger hunts, coloring activities, and makerspace crafts throughout the Library. Tours include a visit to the back rooms to see how we get your books to you, where all the awesome librarians work, and where that book drop leads! Plus, pick up a free special edition 75th Anniversary t-shirt while supplies last!
Wednesday, April 9, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 19, 1 – 4 p.m.
Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Library Card Design Contest
Help us celebrate our community with your art on our Library cards! Designs will be accepted starting on April 1, 2025 and must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 25. There will be three winning Library card designs: youth (ages 0-12), teen (ages 13-17), and adult (ages 18+). Anyone living in St. Marys County can participate!
Movie Screening and Discussion: Free for All: The Public Library
The new film, Free for All: The Public Library, tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen – to create a place where anyone can enter and encounter a universe of ideas, free of charge. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today’s librarians who serve the public while navigating a world experiencing library closures and book bans, meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all. Free for All: The Public Library will premiere on MPT on April 29, 2025. Watch the trailer of Free for All: The Public Library.
Lexington Park Library
Friday, May 2, 2 – 4 p.m.
Watch the film, then explore the connections between literacy, citizenship, critical thinking, and the role libraries play in providing access to diverse stories, perspectives, and educational resources with the Literacy Council of St. Mary’s County.
Register to attend the movie screening at Lexington Park Library
Charlotte Hall Library
Saturday, May 24, 2 – 4 p.m.
Watch the film, then experience what your Library has to offer, including the Memory Lab, 3D printers, and Storywalk.
Register to attend the movie screening at Charlotte Hall Library
