Events
- Jan21
This weekly program will begin again the week of January 6, 2025. Shake off the school day at the library! Drop-in and join us for games, activities and more.
- Jan22
This weekly program will begin again the week of January 6, 2025. Join us for this fun preschool program and help you build early literacy skills with your child by reading, talking, singing, and playing together. Adults must stay for the program.
- Jan22
Shake off the school day, drop-in, and hang out for crafts, games, and snacks.
- Jan28
Location: Tara EarlyON, Tara Community Centre. Come along for a story time adventure with an Early Years Educator and Bruce County Library staff through stories and activities to help celebrate Family Literacy Day. Be creative and have fun engaging in a variety of art, literacy and numeracy activities. Contact your local branch for registration.
- Jan28
This weekly program will begin again the week of January 6, 2025. Shake off the school day at the library! Drop-in and join us for games, activities and more.
- Jan28
To recognize Family Literacy Day, we’re hosting a Stuffy Sleepover for After School Club. Bring a stuffed friend to the Library, then leave them with Library staff for an overnight adventure. Come back the next day to pick up your stuffy and find out what happened at the sleepover.
- Jan29
This weekly program will begin again the week of January 6, 2025. Join us for this fun preschool program and help you build early literacy skills with your child by reading, talking, singing, and playing together. Adults must stay for the program.
- Jan29
Shake off the school day, drop-in, and hang out for crafts, games, and snacks.
- Jan31
Let’s make Valentines for some special seniors in our community!
- Feb05
This weekly program will begin again the week of January 6, 2025. Join us for this fun preschool program and help you build early literacy skills with your child by reading, talking, singing, and playing together. Adults must stay for the program.
About this Library
So what is there to discover?
Tara has had a library since February 14, 1890. Tara joined the Bruce County Library system in 1945 for a fee of $25.00.
The current library building was built in 1988 through a Community Project sponsored by the Tara & District Kinsmen.
Notable dates & Events
1898 – First weeded books, “Swiss Family Robinson”, The Innocents at Home” and “The Romance of War”
1915 – Purchase of Encyclopedia Britannica for $159.50
1916 – Electricity in the library!
1929 – Poster placed insisting silence and good order
1934 – Library inspector recommends buying an atlas
1941 – 131 patrons
1953 – Received grant of $357!
1998 – Computers and internet access!
Become a Member
If you are a Bruce County Resident, you can become a member free of charge by completing a library card application at any of our 17 Branch Library locations.
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