Family Storytime

Join us Wednesdays at 11:00 AM inside the Children’s Branch for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! Age 0-4.

Children’s Branch, 200 West Aztec Ave.

Every Wednesday at 11:00 AM

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime

Join us Wednesdays at 11:00 AM inside the Children’s Branch for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! Age 0-4.  

Inside Children’s Branch
200 West Aztec Ave.

Wednesdays at 11:00 AM

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime

Join us Wednesdays at 11:00 AM inside the Children’s Branch for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! Age 0-4.  

Inside Children’s Branch
200 West Aztec Ave.

Wednesdays at 11:00 AM

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Scribble Bots at Rio West Mall

Join us inside the Rio West Mall behind Hobby Lobby on Saturday, January 22nd from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM to make scribble bots.

Rio West Mall
1300 West Maloney Ave.

Saturday, January 22nd
Starts at 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

These cool little science critters are made using a simple circuit, battery, and recyclables in a fun, STEM science activity.  Your Scribble Bot will move, wiggle forward, in circles, and scribble on the paper.

Supplies are provided in partnership with ¡Explora! 

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Science and the Five Senses

Join us on FaceBook and YouTube Tuesdays at 1:00 PM to explore with our five senses. This month we’re focusing on science we can taste!

Premiere Dates:

  • October 5th, 2021 – Ziploc Ice Cream
  • October 19th, 2021 – Solubility

Be an Architect Challenge

Join OFPL at the Outside by the Playground at Children’s Branch on Wednesday, September 22nd at 4:00 PM to learn more about engineering and physics.

OFPL challenges you to build various structures to test weight distribution, weather factor, and more! Learn how engineers create bridges and skyscrapers that stand against environmental and human factors with a supplemental book list provided prior to the event.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Creative Chemistry: Tie Dye at the Mall

Join OFPL at the Rio West Mall near Hobby Lobby on Saturday, September 18th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM for tie dye! Bring your own shirt! We’ll also have books, computer access and library card sign-up.

Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.

Science & the Five Senses

Join us on Facebook and YouTube Tuesdays at 1:00 PM to explore with our five senses. This month we’re focusing on science we can hear!

Premiere Dates:

  • September 7th, 2021 – Water Xylophone
  • September 21st, 2021 – Drinking Straw Flutes

Escape the Lab: Virtual Escape Room

Put your puzzle-master skills to the test Wednesday, September 1st through Monday September 6th with our Escape the Lab: Virtual Escape Room. Successful escapees will be entered in a drawing for Wendy’s and Starbucks gift cards.

Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.

Picturing Women Inventors Poster Exhibition

During the month of September, OFPL is displaying a series of posters that explore the inventions of 19 highly accomplished American women.

Astronauts, computer pioneers, and businesswomen join athletes, engineers, and even teenagers in this remarkable group of inventors. It highlights the distinctive motivations, challenges, and accomplishments of exceptional 20th- and 21st-century inventive women who are diverse both personally and professionally.

The exhibition illustrates the creativity of women inventors while inspiring young people (especially girls) to see themselves as future inventors.

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.