# Up and Atom: Simple Machines with LeMay – America's Car Museum – Tacoma Main Library

> Event for families in the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue area (WA). Times are Pacific Time.

- When: Wed, Nov 4 · 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
- Where: Tacoma Public Library – Main Branch, 1102 Tacoma Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98402
- Ages: Check age guidance
- Price: Check official pricing
- Organizer: Tacoma Public Library
- Official page: https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/6a6cd57ef213992f00c8868f
- Last checked: Fri, Oct 30

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## About

Educators from LeMay – America's Car Museum lead kids through simple and compound machines, then challenge them to build a vehicle that makes work easier. In the Olympic room.

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