Friends of the Galatia Public Library District

05/09/2026

05/02/2026

NOTICE
During Old Settler's Days, the Galatia Public Library will have altered hours as listed below:

On Thursday, May 28th, the library will be open 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Misfits Challenge Book Club will be at 2:00 p.m. (rather than their normal 2:30). The library will close at 4:00 p.m.

On Friday, May 29th, the library will be open Noon - 2:00 p.m. Cookbook Club will meet at this time. The library will close at 2:00 p.m.

On Saturday, May 30th, the library will be closed all day. The librarians will see you all during the parade!

05/01/2026

Mark your calendar:

Galatia Public Library will be closed on Monday, May 25th, to observe Memorial Day.

05/01/2026

Cookbook Club
Friday, May 29
Noon - 2:00 p.m.
Galatia Public Library

If you love to try new recipes, this club is for you! In a relaxed atmosphere at the library, everyone brings a dish they have prepared, along with the recipe used. All the food is put together potluck-style and each person shares about their dish. A meal of all the dishes is enjoyed and the group visits and shares cooking tips. Everyone is welcome!

05/01/2026

Misfits Challenge Book Club
Thursday, May 28
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Galatia Public Library

This book club for youth readers ages 8 - 18 meets monthly to discuss books of interest. Currently, they are reading their way across America!

05/01/2026

Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, May 26
5:00 p.m.
Galatia Public Library

A Brief History of Public Libraries (Part 1):

In early colonial America, academic pursuits were largely allied with the education of clergy.

Harvard Library was established in 1638 (making it the oldest library system in the United States. It was founded when Puritan minister John Harvard bequeathed half of his estate and his personal collection of 300 - 400 books, mostly theological books, to the newly formed "New College." Later, it was renamed "Harvard College" in the minister's honor.

Today, Harvard University consists of 28 libraries with 700 staff. They house 20 million books, 1 million maps and spatial data sets, 600 million digitized and publicly available items, and 400 million rare items (including letters, photographs, and manuscripts)!

You can acess more information about Harvard University Libraries at

Beyond helping scholars learn, research, and pursue truth, our libraries are dedicated to expanding knowledge and intellectual exploration for everyone.

05/01/2026

Family Game Night
Thursday, May 21
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Galatia Public Library

Bring the whole family to have some fun at the library playing various board games. Participants choose the game played.

05/01/2026

Crochet Club
Wednesday, May 20
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Galatia Public Library

Join this club as they visit while crocheting (and some knit). Bring your own craft to work on.

05/01/2026

Senior Citizen Video Game Bowling
Saturday, May 16
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Galatia Public Library

Senior citizens of all ages are invited to join us at the library for our newest "especially for seniors" event. No heavy bowling balls to lift - you can even do this bowling seated in a chair! The laughs and visiting that goes on is something we all need.

05/01/2026

Friends of the Library Meeting
Tuesday, May 12
4:00 p.m.
Galatia Public Library

Libraries need Friends – it’s just that simple. In fact, across America many public libraries were established through the efforts of community members who understood the value of libraries to their communities and also understood that libraries needed community support to survive.
Did you know that a criterion for securing a Carnegie grant was a demonstrated commitment by members of the community to raise additional funds and support for a new library? This concept hasn’t changed over the course of the past 150 years – what has
changed, however, is that academic and school libraries are also beginning to understand the value of Friends and many academic and school Friends groups are thriving on campus.

This year, after a tough recovery during the COVID period, Friends of the Galatia Public Library is seeing growth in our membership! But we could do so much more for our community's library with more members! And since, our school district no longer has school libraries, our Galatia Public Library is even more important to our community!

We meet once a month. Meetings usually take about an hour or less, depending on what programs/activities our library has coming up that we can offer our help and support with. We'd love to have YOU come to our Friends meetings!

05/01/2026

Gamer's Club
Saturday, May 9th & 23rd
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Galatia Public Library

This group gets together twice a month to have some fun with games.