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No Contact Curbside Service is available at the Watertown Library for our patrons with a valid Watertown Library Card.
For more information about this service please contact the Watertown Library Association at (860) 945-5360.
Space Place Partnership
Watertown Library
is pleased to announce it's community partnership with NASA's Space Place.
Over 350 museums, planetariums and libraries participate in NASA's Space Place community partner program. Watertown Library patrons can visit monthly displays in the library to keep abreast of NASA's exploration efforts along with a bi-monthly newsletter created exclusively for Community Partners.
Visit the Book Nook - the library book store
The BOOK NOOK sells a wide assortment of HARDCOVERS and PAPERBACKS, both fiction and non-fiction, all BELOW RETAIL PRICES!
Run and organized by the FRIENDS of the WLA - proceeds benefit the Watertown Library Association.
Don't miss Hardcover Sale Days! The entire months of April, August and December!
Join us on Tuesday January 31, 2023 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm at the Watertown Library when we welcome Chocolate Maker Maria Brandriff who will be giving a demonstration on truffle making..
Maria's presentation includes a discussion of the varieties of chocolate available, how to work with chocolate, and explaining the basics of chocolate truffle making.
Samples will be available to taste and to take home.
Space is limited, registration is required.
Please register by calling the library at 860-945-5360 or email us at Reference@watertownlibrary.org.
This is the twelfth year of Take Your Child to the Library Day (TYCLD) and this year you’ll have three opportunities to celebrate between the Oakville Branch Library and the Watertown Library.
Please call the Watertown Library at 860-945-5360 and Oakville Branch Library at 860-945-5368 with any questions.
If you would like to learn more about the international celebration of Take Your Child to the Library Day (TYCLD) visit their website at takeyourchildtothelibrary.org.
Join us on Friday, February 10, 2023 from 10:15am to 11:15am at the Watertown Library for Chair Yoga.
Chair Yoga is a gentle yoga program incorporating the use of chairs. Instructor Frances Harmeyer is certified in chair yoga and holds a degree in Occupational Therapy.
Participants will be lead through a class geared towards those new to yoga as well as those who may have difficulty with getting up and down from the floor in traditional yoga.
Participants must bring their own yoga mats.
Space is limited, registration is required.
Call the library at 860-945-5360 to register.
Future dates for this program include: Friday, February 24, 2023 at 10:15am
Please Note: all dates require registration.
Clover the Comfort Dog will be visiting the Watertown Library on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 from 10:30am to 11:30am. Come and share some Valentine puppy love and read stories with Clover!
Register to attend by calling 860-945-5360 or Email: Reference@watertownlibrary.org
For children ages 3 - 6 years of age.
Mystery Book Club - Virtual Program - Hosted by Robin Osborn
The Mystery Book Club meets at 7:00pm on the third Wednesday of each month via Zoom.
If you are interested in participating, please send an email to wtnlib@watertownlibrary.org or call the Watertown Library at 860-945-5360. You will then be put on the list to receive a Zoom invite.
The Watertown Library Association will be closed on Monday, February 20, 2023 for Presidents' Day.
Join author and storied researcher John Cilio on Thursday, February 23, 2023 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm at the Watertown Library as he shares some of the most important discoveries, patents and inventions that are connected to the state of Connecticut.
Mr. Cilio's 50-minute presentation will include the radical innovations which ended up changing people’s lives as well as the way organizations produce products.
Registration is suggested.
Contact the library at 860-945-5360 or email us at Reference@watertownlibrary.org.