ALT Green graphic with a sign hanging saying "AADL Lobby Shops, Applications Now Open" with the url aadl.org/lobbyshops

ALT A 4-part image. The top left has an illustration of a bear carrying a rock past trees and mountains in the background, with a blue sky above, while the old AADL and Exhibit Museum Logos hover overhead. The top right shows an illustrated grid of dirt labeled the dig with squares dug to different depths. An object is partially revealed in one of the squares as a brush removes dirt. The bottom left is labeled "Plate Puzzle" and has the tectonic plates of the world off a map they can be dragged onto. The bottom right has a 3d version of a map with a fault running through it, with buildings and trees that can be placed on a map as a timer counts down to an earthquake.

ALT 4-part image. The top left reads "The Village" showing graphics and sound quality settings, 4 simple cartoon faces, and a button labeled "begin", the top right features a close up of one face with a word balloon saying "Welcome to the forest, eli. I'm one of the village elders" and a button labeled go on... The bottom left shows an interface screen listing 8 starting villagers, each with their wellness, nutrition, health, and happiness meters, and their talent. The bottom right shows the village's inventory, with places for meat, bones, pelts, logs, sticks, boulders, stones, and more.

ALT The Kids Room in the Lobby. Doors stand open with a sign that reads “kids room (it’s just temporary!)" Some kids books, toys and seating are available. A toddler toddles by.

ALT AADL staff hard at work relabeling some of the 50,000 books that will be relabeled and reshelved during the closure. 10 relabeling stations fill the story corner with carts of books and supplies everywhere!

ALT The Ann Arbor 200 Logo, white on a black background, showing the river, the Native trails that became Miller, Huron, and Liberty, and the street grid that followed. Text reads Ann Arbor 200: 1824-2024 Bicentennial.

ALT A rendered LEGO model of Washtenaw County's lost courthouse, red brick with limestone details, pointed towers at the corners, and a large tower in the center, set against a white background.

ALT A picture of the program for Last Summer. It reads: PLAYBILL Ann Arbor District Library Ann Arbor Civic Theater Ann Arbor MI LAST SUMMER Heisenberg Fermi Ann Arbor and the Bomb A New One-act Play by Jim Ottaviani With the yellow Playbill banner at the top, and photo of Heisenberg and Fermi in Ann Arbor on the cover.

ALT A colorful painting of a Black dane instructor demonstrating a pose with head turned and hands touching as 6 young Black girls in leotards watch closely and follow along. A boy sits in a chair with bongo drums, and a purple and blue curtain hangs behind.

ALT An angled perspective of two panels on a green fence with the brick of the Downtown Library in the background. The panel on the left shows a bright yellow car superimposed over a black and white photo of a driver with a sign mounted on top of the car saying "This MAZDA is a LEMON". The closer photo shows 6 Black women in collage, with one seated at a piano, each wearing dresses, white socks, and black shoes, with golden haloes around their heads. Stained glass windows in the background and a swan swimming in blue water in the foreground

ALT A colorful painting of four Black men singing, with open-collar dress shirts of vibrant green, blue, red, and orange. An orchestra in a band shell is visible in the background with colorful musical notes floating above.

ALT The entire fence mural, showing 8 panels of paintings from the aadl archives receding into the distance, with the brick of the downtown library behind.

ALT A poster for Bill Oakleys event at the Downtown Library, featuring a simpsons-style drawing of Bill holding a burger aloft with a plate of fries in front of him. Text reads: The Ann Arbor District Library presents Food Personality & Former Simpsons Showrunner, Saturday November 16, 6 PM, Downtown Library. Bill Oakley Talks Food and also The Simpsons and food ON and AT The Simpsons, The Story of Steamed Hams, TUBBB! Krustyburgers and More!