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Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown

Old Fourth Ward

The Ann Arbor District Library redefines what a library can be. Borrow art for your walls, check out a sewing machine or radon detector, then catch a free concert or learn bookbinding. Five branches host daily storytimes, craft workshops, and community events that make learning feel like play.

Free community events
Art lending library
Tool & gadget checkout
Family storytimes

Tips

🎮"the summer game is the best thing in ann arbor"
🎨browse the art lending collection for your walls
🔧check out unusual items like radon detectors & sewing machines

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown

343 S 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA

Free

Upcoming at Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown

Saturday, Jun 13
No Strings: How Guaranteed Income Is Flipping the Script on Traditional Public Benefits

No Strings: How Guaranteed Income Is Flipping the Script on Traditional Public Benefits

June 13

See how $528 a month changes lives through haunting student illustrations of real quotes from guaranteed income recipients. Curated by U-M Poverty Solutions, this exhibit puts human faces on policy debates.

Freedom of Assembly

Freedom of Assembly

June 13

This exhibit traces Ann Arbor's activist spirit through 20th-century protest photography. Hundreds of images from local photographers capture residents fighting for their beliefs across decades of civic engagement.

Laomagination: Refugee Re/creation

Laomagination: Refugee Re/creation

June 13

This exhibition sparks a conversation between refugees, immigrants, and neighbors about rebuilding lives across generations. It commemorates 50 years since the Vietnam and Laotian Civil Wars ended, through the lens of Michigan's Southeast Asian community.