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June 2026

Explore Wisconsin for free with your library card!

Discover local Wisconsin fun this summer for free with Experience and Explore Passes from your public libraries. 


With your library card, you can check out passes to museums, attractions, nature centers, and more to enjoy free adventures close to home this summer!

Browse the Passes

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Passes available for checkout from Delafield Public Library.

Museums 

• Betty Brinn Children's Museum

• Jewish Museum Milwaukee

• Wisconsin Historical Society 

• Waukesha County Historical Society 


Attractions

• East Troy Electric Railroad

• Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame 

• Harley-Davidson Museum 

• Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium

Art

• Milwaukee Art Museum

• Museum of Wisconsin Art

• Racine Art Museum 


Nature & Gardens

• Bookworm Gardens

• International Crane Foundation

• Mitchell Park Domes

• Riveredge Nature Center

• Schlitz Audubon Nature Center

Libraries Transform

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Learn something new with free online video courses

Udemy offers free, anytime, anywhere access to on-demand online video courses with your library card.


Sharpen your skills in business, technology, and design, learn a new language, try something creative, or pick up tips for healthier living, Udemy has something for everyone.


It’s a flexible and convenient way to keep learning all summer long.

Access Udemy through your library

Around the Libraries

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Houseplant & Cutting Swap

Pauline Haass Public Library (Sussex)

Bring your spare houseplants and cuttings, and take new ones home! Please make sure all plants are labeled and include care instructions. Master Gardeners will be available to answer your questions about plant care.

Saturday, June 20
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Plant Swap event details

Planting Seeds At-Home promotional graphic

Planting Seeds At-Home Mystery

Oconomowoc Public Library

Follow the clues and solve the puzzles to figure out what kinds of seeds you have in your garden.  

Visit the New Children's Shelf to pick up your family packet of puzzles and return to the desk by Friday, July 10 to enter a drawing for the card game Garden Variety.

June 24 - July 3

For ages 7+ years

Planting Seeds event details

Person Researching Family Tree On Computer At Table

Revolutionary Genealogy

Menomonee Falls Public Library

Join Pam Hodgson, member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), to learn more about your family's roots. Get tips and tricks for researching your family history all the way back to the American Revolution.

Thursday, June 25

6:00 - 7:00 pm
Genealogy event details and registration

Monarch butterfly butterflies flowers spring garden

Majestic Monarchs

Dwight Foster Public Library (Fort Atkinson)

Join Karen Albrecht, The Butterfly Lady, and John Riek to learn about Monarch butterflies, their life cycle, and how to support them with butterfly gardens and Monarch Waystations. Also learn about the Monarch Watch Tagging Program.

Monday, June 29

2:30 - 3:30 pm

Majestic Monarchs event details

Memory Cafés

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Upcoming Memory Cafés

  • June 15: Indoor Summer Picnic • Pauline Haass Public Library in Sussex

  • June 16: Hug A Horse (Rescheduled from June 11)

                   At Horse Power Healing Center in Eagle

                   An event by Alice Baker Memorial Library

  • June 24: There's No Business Like Show Business • Waukesha Public Library
                   Sing-along with the Waukesha Civic Broadway Singers

  • July 9: Ice Cream Taste Test • Muskego Public Library

  • July 10: American Road Trip • Town Hall Library in North Lake

  • July 13: Birthday Picnic Party • Powers Memorial Library in Palmyra

View the Memory Café Events Calendar


On The Shelf

Audiobook Month

Whistler by Ann Patchett

Whistler

by Ann Patchett

Land by Maggie O'Farrell

Land

 by Maggie O'Farrell

The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston

The Someday Garden

by Ashley Poston

Rockets Red Glare by James Patterson, Matt Eversmann

Rockets Red Glare

by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann

Daughters of the Sun and Moon by Lisa See

Daughters of the Sun and Moon

by Lisa See

Choke Point: A Thriller by Brad Thor

Choke Point: A Thriller

by Brad Thor

Find Your Library

Jefferson County

Dwight Foster Public Library (Fort Atkinson)
Jefferson Public Library

Johnson Creek Public Library

Karl Junginger Memorial Library (Waterloo)
L.D. Fargo Public Library (Lake Mills)
Powers Memorial Library (Palmyra)
Watertown Public Library

Whitewater Public Library


Waukesha County

Alice Baker Library (Eagle)
Big Bend Public Library
Brookfield Public Library
Butler Public Library
Delafield Public Library
Elm Grove Public Library
Hartland Public Library
Menomonee Falls Public Library
Mukwonago Community Library
Muskego Public Library
New Berlin Public Library
Oconomowoc Public Library
Pauline Haass Public Library (Sussex)
Pewaukee Public Library
Town Hall Library (North Lake)
Waukesha Public Library

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