Calling active duty military! If you are looking for fun this summer, you can visit thousands of museums for free as part of @NEAArts' Blue Star Museums program from May 20th to Sept 4th. Find participating museums at arts.gov/initiatives/bl…

Acting Acting Director Cyndee Landrum Cyndee Landrum was recently featured in The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education! Learn more about her background below ⤵️ jbhe.com/2024/05/cyndee…

Happy Mother's Day! We hope that all the amazing moms out there are having a day as special as they are. 🌷 #DYK : Reading to young children is an important way to help them build language skills? 📚

📷: Toledo Lucas County Public Library

As #PSRW closes, join us in recognizing the remarkable contributions of public servants across the nation! From coast to coast, these dedicated individuals embody the spirit of service and make our communities #GovPossible every day.

The Sawyer Free Library in MA offers young patrons opportunities during Garden Storytime learning about gardening & Rainforest Reptiles offering fun facts about rainforest habitats, reptiles & animal species! #IMLSmedals 📸: Paul Bilodeau

Young visitors to Sawyer Free Library in MA enjoy innovative #STEM after-school programs, to step inside an inflatable 43-foot-long humpback whale & engage in real whale research with Ocean Alliance. #IMLSmedals

Sawyer Free Library in MA takes climate education seriously. From sustainability panels with renowned experts to a sustainability reading challenge, the library is committed to building a greener future! #IMLSmedals #SawyerSustainability 📸: Kirk Williamson

During storms, Sawyer Free Library in MA serves as the community’s climate-controlled refuge, citizen gathering place & communications hub. They ensure that everyone, especially the most vulnerable, has a safe & accessible warm place to be. #IMLSmedals 📸: Kirk Williamson

The 2025 Sawyer Free Library is designed to benefit everyone! The new building will be the first public building on Cape Ann to generate renewable energy through solar & use no fossil fuels for the building’s site energy. Plus, reuse rainwater! 🌧️ #IMLSmedals

Our final 2024 #IMLSmedals finalist is the Sawyer Free Library in Gloucester, MA! Originally founded in 1830, the library fosters the values of place, belonging & connection in the Gloucester community.

.California Academy of Sciences's 75-foot dome encasing the Morrison Planetarium immerses visitors inside cutting-edge visualizations & hyper-realistic virtual environments.💫From faraway galaxies to the workings of our own planet, experience the cosmos like never before. #IMLSmedals 📸: Gayle Laird

.California Academy of Sciences's Steinhart Aquarium is one of the most biologically diverse & interactive aquariums on Earth. 🪼Home to nearly 60,000 live animals, it offers guests an unprecedented view of underwater & terrestrial habitats. #IMLSmedals 📸: Gayle Laird

Visitors can explore California Academy of Sciences's Tusher African Hall–home to the popular African penguin exhibit. 🐧Visitors can observe live feedings & participate in educational programs to learn about these endangered birds. #IMLSmedals 📸: Gayle Laird

· Meet Claude🐊, California Academy of Sciences's famous albino alligator residing in the museum’s Swamp exhibit. Visitors can go below for underwater, eye-to-eye views of Claude and the Swamp's other creatures, including snapping turtles & colorful fish. #IMLSmedals 📸: Gayle Laird

Rolling hills & fields cover 87% of California Academy of Sciences's 2.5-acre rooftop, offering a home to local wildlife while keeping the Academy green in more ways than one. Weather stations on the roof monitor wind, rain & changes in temperature! #IMLSmedals 📸: Gayle Laird

Visitors can step inside California Academy of Sciences’s lush, four-story Osher Rainforest that's teeming with life—🦜from free-flying birds to exotic reptiles, amphibians, golden silk orb-weaver spiders & enormous Amazonian fish that glide overhead. 📸: Kathryn Whitney #IMLSmedals

Life-changing moments. World-changing science. #IMLSmedals finalist California Academy of Sciences is an aquarium, planetarium, rainforest & natural history museum in the heart of San Fran’s Golden Gate Park! It drives biodiversity research, environmental edu & sustainability. 📸: Gayle Laird

.Harris County Public Library's Mobile Outreach Librarians meet community members where they are! Everything from tech classes for senior citizens to US naturalization test prep for Afghan refugees to book discussions & drawing classes.. #LibraryWednesday #IMLSmedal

Through a partnership with Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Harris County Public Library provides stronger library collections at HCJPD facilities & services for youth in detention. Library staff lead literacy & tailored enrichment programs. #IMLSmedals

In 2023, Harris County Public Library became a Book Sanctuary allowing library to stand up for all Texans’ freedom to read & ensuring that everyone who walks through HCPL's doors sees their communities & their life experiences reflected in the collection. #IMLSmedals