Access to the Catalog and My Account will be unavailable Friday, May 2, 2025 in the morning due to maintenance.
Celebrate Teens Create Month by using your creativity and imagination to design something cool using modeling clay. Learn about library resources you can use to discover the history of clay and its many uses. For grades 6-12.
Attendance is limited, and advance registration is recommended. This event will take place in the Library's meeting room on the first floor. Please register every individual in your party - this will be used to save your spots in the program. We cannot guarantee availability for any unregistered attendees.
This event is held in-person. LA County Public Health strongly encourages masks and physical distancing indoors regardless of vaccination status. Masks will continue to be available for customers upon request. Please see the Guidelines for Attendees during the registration process for more information.
Manhattan Beach Library was started as a subscription library in 1910 by the Neptunian Women's Club of Manhattan Beach.
The library became part of LA County Library in January 1915, making it one of the oldest continuing libraries in the county system. The library moved into a separate building in 1957 and to its current location in 1975. In 2013, construction began on a new more modern building that would meet the needs of the 35,000 residents in the 3.87 square mile community.
On May 1, 2015 the new 21,500 square foot building designed by architectural firm Johnson Favaro opened. It features a two-story modern design with panoramic ocean views, an interactive children's exhibit, fireplace, automated materials handling system, and self-check machines
