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There’s lots to borrow from the library beyond books and movies!

Museum Passes

Each Museum Pass provides free or discounted admission for multiple people.

Passes can be checked out for 3 days by any adult with a library card in good standing (no overdue items and under $10 in charges).

The passes cannot be reserved ahead of time, but can be placed on hold by calling the library and asking to have the pass held at the desk for up to 24 hours.

Got SNAP?

Families who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits can also receive free or reduced price admission to many museums across the state and country!

Available passes:

(or see available passes on Google maps)

These passes are funded by a grant from the Global Foundries Town of Malta Foundation.

Eco Explorer Backpacks

Check out one of these backpacks for kids, and explore our world!

Each themed kit includes books, games, activities, and tools to observe and measure nature.

Backpacks are available for pickup at the Malta Branch.

Themes:

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Bugs
  • Outer Space
  • Playing in Nature
  • Rocks, Minerals, & Fossils
  • Seasons
  • Trees
  • Weather
  • Wetlands

Science At Home

Thanks to the Children’s Museum at Saratoga and Global Foundries Malta Foundation, we now have 4 Science At Home backpacks available for checkout.

These backpacks are designed for children to explore a variety of science experiments with a little help from an adult. Directions are included, as is a white board to record your findings.

Aside from the non-consumable materials included in each bag, the other items that are needed for the experiments are easy to find in the pantry or grocery store (salt, oil, corn syrup, etc.).

Concepts covered include:

  • molecules
  • density
  • volume
  • surface tension
  • chemical reactions
  • solubility
  • melting/freezing point

Audubon Birding Backpacks

Thanks to the support of the Southern Adirondack Audubon Society, both branches of the library now have Birding Backpacks available for checkout.

blue backpack with binoculars and other birding supplies

Each backpack includes:

  • 2 pairs of binoculars
  • Birds of New York laminated guide
  • Birding Adventures for Kids book
  • birding journal
  • four seasons bingo & washable markers

Backpacks can be checked out for 2 weeks at a time, and must be picked up from and returned to either branch of the Round Lake Library.

Lego Robotics Kits

The library’s four LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Robotics kits are available for a 14 day loan from the Malta Branch for home use.

With a kit, you can build one of many different kinds of robots, following plans from LEGO or other sources, and then program your robot from a PC or tablet.

You can download the free programming software from LEGO onto your own device, or borrow a laptop with the software already installed.

LEGO’s software is drag-and-drop graphic programming suitable for the recommended 10+ age group. Other more advanced programming languages such as Python and RobotC can also be used.

EV3 extension kits are also available for building even more elaborate robots.

Kits and computers are only available for pickup at the Malta Branch, and must be returned inside the Malta Branch during open hours.

Try It Kits

Check out a Try It Kit from Clark House, and try out new activity before you invest in your own supplies.

Try It Kits are geared toward adults and teens, but are also great for older children with supervision.

Currently Available:

  • Stamp Carving & Printing (pickup in Clark House)
  • Garment Mending (pickup in Clark House)
  • Watercolor Painting (pickup in Malta)