The Miami-Dade Public Library System hosts more than 8,000 programs, each year, which are attended by over 500,000 children and adults.
To keep the public informed, the Library System works with the news media in an effort to create awareness and interest among the residents and users. The goal is to increase public awareness and usage of the Library System, its diverse resources, programs and services that provide for the educational, recreational and cultural enrichment of its patrons.
Library Events
The Miami-Dade Public Library System has programs, free of charge, for adult, teens and children. Adult programs feature author presentations, book discussions, concerts, plays and a variety of special commemorative events. Young Adults programs include SAT and other test preparation workshops, college funding seminars, poetry readings, chess clubs, book discussion groups, and many volunteering opportunities. Children’s programs include story hours for toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children, puppet shows, arts and crafts, bilingual story times, homework help, and more. To find out the latest happenings at our branches, visit our Library Events page.
Exhibitions
The Library System’s permanent collection of artwork is a unique reference source. It documents over thirty years of visual art activity in the Miami-Dade community. It includes limited prints, drawings, photographs and artist books, as well as small three-dimensional works. It emphasizes work on paper and works by Hispanic and African-American artists as well as South Florida artists. Works from this collection are installed in public areas throughout the system on a year-round basis. Curated exhibitions promote the library system's special collections and services as well as the community's cultural history.
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