The Labs at DC Public Library

Organization: DC Public Library (DCPL) System


Memory Lab is a personal do-it-yourself digitizing lab where you can digitize your home movies, personal photographs and slides. The Memory Lab offers classes and other resources for your personal archiving needs. Orientations to the Memory Lab are no longer required, but drop-ins are encouraged.

When digitizing your home movies, photographs or slides, you will need to provide your own storage environment to save your content.

Find out more at dclibrary.org/labs/memorylab.

Studio Lab is a studio to learn and create multimedia (photography, videography, music and sound production) -- from pre to post-production.

When creating content, you will need to provide your own storage environment to save your content. Examples of a storage environment are an external flash or hard drive or cloud storage (Dropbox, Google, iCloud).

Find out more at dclibrary.org/labs/studio.

The Fab Lab, or Fabrication Lab, is DC Public Library's collaborative work space for making, learning, and exploring emerging and computer-assisted technologies along with maker tools, old and new. The Labs offer programming for all ages in general and specific skills. A safety orientation and signing a participant release form is required before using the Fab Lab.

The interim location for the Fab Lab is: the Franklin D. Reeves Municipal Center. The Fab Test Lab is a space to test maker programs and services in preparation for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library reopening. Equipment include: 3-D Printers, Laser Cutters and Sewing Machines.
Service Category: Goods
Application: Call for more information.

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (Central Library)
901 G Street NW Washington DC 20001

(202) 727-0321