Let's get building! Participants learn basic woodworking skills - how to measure, mark, and use tools safely. Each participant starts with raw materials and leaves with a sense of accomplishment, pride, and a functional finished project! Closed toe shoes are recommended.
Please register individual children attending program, not adults.
Due to limited workshop space, we cannot accommodate camps and childcare groups at this program.
Made possible by Friends of the Library through gifts to The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation.
AGE GROUP: | School-Age Kids |
EVENT TYPE: | Summer Reading Program | Class/Workshop | Art/Crafts/Hobbies |
The Lawrence Branch opened in 1967 on North Franklin Road in a storefront previously occupied by the Lawrence Post Office. It was the first branch to open within an incorporated town in Marion County. Rapid population growth demonstrated the need for a larger, permanent facility to serve the northeast side. A 3.44 acre site was purchased from MSD Lawrence Township for a new 13,500-square-foot library that opened in 1983.
Renovated in 2020, the Lawrence Branch re-opened to changes that maximized access to the Library’s services and collections, created engaging and functional spaces for those of all ages, and increased access to new technology. The project also provided group study and tutoring areas, improved lighting, more outlets for charging stations, and updates to the entrance, public restrooms and interior finishes.