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Grand Opening - Myra and Van Williams Spark Lab - Princeton Public Library

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Sunday February 1, 2026
12:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Princeton Public Library is holding a grand opening celebration of the Myra and Van Williams Spark Lab Sunday, Feb. 1, with events throughout the day. The new STEAM-learning space on the third floor features integrated technology and equipment designed to support learners in grades K-12. The space features laptop and desktop computers, iPads, sewing machines, a 3-D printer bar, woodworking tools, virtual reality and gaming equipment, crafting supplies and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) learning kits that can accommodate class sizes of up to 16 students at a time.

The day’s events begin with a ribbon cutting at 12:15 p.m. Tours of the space will be given from 12:30-2;30 p.m. Tours will take 15 minutes and can accommodate up to 16 people at a time. Interactive STEAM demonstrations and crafts will be held on the third floor from 12:30-2;30 p.m. Take & Make kits for a Spark Lab Matching Game craft for kids to make at home will be available while supplies last. At 2:30 p.m., “IMAP: To the Edge of the Sun – A Heliophysics Discovery Day” will take place in the Community Room. The event will feature activities, demonstrations displays and a chance to meet the scientists and engineers who are part of the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, a NASA mission to study a wide range of particles and fields in the heliosphere, a bubble that surrounds our solar system. This event is presented in partnership with Space Physics at Princeton and the Center on Science and Technology at Princeton University.