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Crane Branch Library

633 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222 Map
716-883-6651

Located on the northeast corner of Elmwood and Highland Avenues (one block south of West Ferry). Wheelchair accessible except for auditorium and rest rooms.

Public Access Computers: 22 computers, networked (printing 10 cents per page) Microsoft Office Applications, Internet Access, Misc. "What can I do at a Public Access Computer?"

Meeting Room, capacity 75. Black and white copies are available at 15 cents each.

The Mezzanine Book Shop
now open - 2nd Floor
Monday 12 - 7:30
Wednesday 12 - 7:30
Saturday 10 - 5:30


Young Explorers (ages 3-5)
Tuesdays at 10:30 AM
Registration is required ... Please call the library!
My Body!

March 2nd •
Bone Bonanza

How do our bones allow us to wiggle and shake? Join us as we learn all about our skeleton. We will examine animal bones and explore how our own skeleton works. Children will be able to observe x-rays of bones and assemble a skeleton to take home.

March 9th •
A Diary of your Digestion
Have you ever had a stomach ache? Ever wonder what happens to the food you eat? Come and learn how our digestive system works and how we get energy from food.

March 16th •
My Loveable Lungs
Do you know what your lungs look like? What do we use them for? Can you feel yourself breath. Children will be able to view a model lung and feel what our lungs feel like. Each child will create a model lung to take home.

March 23rd •
The Bump Bump of My Heart
Have you ever felt your heart beating? Have you ever heard your heart beat? What do we use our heart for? Come learn all about how our heart works the way it does and why. Children will use stethoscopes to hear their heart and create a model heart of their own.

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The next scheduled holiday for this location is Monday, May 31, 2010 (Memorial Day).

Winter Hours
Mon 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Tue 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wed 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Thu 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Fri Closed
Sat 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sun Closed

*Summer hours run from Memorial Day Weekend UNTIL Labor Day.

Summer Hours
Mon 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Tue 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wed 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Thu 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Fri Closed
Sat 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sun Closed