Cannon Beach Library

Cannon Beach Library At the heart of Cannon Beach since 1927... we are a private, non-profit library. A library was their first order of business.

Organized by eight women in October 1927, the group was originally named the Cannon Beach Civic Club. Cannon Beach was then a small village of about fifty families and the women felt that a congenial social group was needed that could also do worthwhile things for the community. Minnie Nicholson was the first club president and was later know as the “Mother of the Cannon Beach Library.”

In Novemb

er the club joined the Oregon Traveling Library program through the Oregon State Library and received 54 books to help start the library. For the first year the books were stored on three shelves in the local variety store, La Rose Shop. By late 1928 the Library had grown enough to rent its own space in the Gerritse Building. A plaque was placed on the building honoring the first home of the Cannon Beach Library. In 1945 the library moved from the Gerritse Building to a small cottage on Second Street. 10 years later, with donations and community support, the library purchased the building and continued in that location for the next 20 years. In 1976 the library was dedicated in its present location, and in 1997 the children’s room addition was built. The library is a private, nonprofit organization staffed by volunteers and a full-time office manager, and supported by fundraising events, used book sales, and donations. Generous support from our volunteers and donors has made library services possible for Cannon Beach, Tolovana Park and Arch Cape residents and visitors for 90 years. Services and programs include: eBooks, internet access, free WIFI, book sale room, interlibrary loan, NW Author Series, Haystack Rock Awareness Program lectures, Cannon Beach Reads book club, and a variety of children’s programs. Family cards are just $10.00 for the year!

Today at 4 p.m. Come help us shape the improvements to the library! Join our community conversation. All are welcome. We...
06/19/2026

Today at 4 p.m. Come help us shape the improvements to the library! Join our community conversation. All are welcome. We especially want to hear from community members with mobility disabilities. Parents, the children's library will be open for little ones. Seating and assistance getting into the building will be available.
A Zoom link is available on our website:
https://cannonbeachlibrary.org/events/community-conversation-library-accessibility/

🚤Don't miss this awesome opportunity while supporting our local museum Cannon Beach History Center and Museum
06/16/2026

🚤Don't miss this awesome opportunity while supporting our local museum Cannon Beach History Center and Museum

🌱 Summer is blooming at the Cannon Beach Library! Join us for Summer Reading, special events, our annual Fourth of July ...
06/05/2026

🌱 Summer is blooming at the Cannon Beach Library! Join us for Summer Reading, special events, our annual Fourth of July Book Sale, and more. Check out the June newsletter and discover all the ways to find your place at the library this season! 📚☀️

Sign up to get the newsletter to your email:
https://cannonbeachlibrary.org/newsroom/monthly-newsletters/

📚🌱Cannon Beach Library Invites Summer Readers to Plant a Seed and Read The Cannon Beach Library is the place to be for...
06/02/2026

📚🌱Cannon Beach Library Invites Summer Readers to Plant a Seed and Read
The Cannon Beach Library is the place to be for Summer Reading fun, prizes, and special events! From June 12th through August 21st, the library will host a range of free activities that explore the theme, “Plant a Seed, Read.”
The Summer Reading Program launches Friday, June 12th at 1 p.m. with a Kickoff Party with the Master Gardeners of Clatsop County! Come create and decorate your own mini greenhouse and bean anatomy book. Each child who registers will receive a backpack and FREE BOOK. Registration is open both online and at the library, and non-local participants are welcome to join.
Other events include a Farmer’s Market Adventure with library volunteers, a Bird Talk and Walk with Author Maria Mudd Ruth and local conservationist Hannah Buschert, an interactive Story Time with award-winning children’s author Leslie Barnard Booth, an in-library scavenger hunt, a program and touch tank with the Seaside Aquarium, and a Music Program with musician Gabrielle Macrae.
“We love that both local and visiting families can come discover what our library has to offer,” said Jen Dixon, Library Manager. “We like to say ‘no rules, just read’- that way, kids have a chance to experience the joy of reading for recreation and exploring their own interests, instead of seeing it as work. Summer readers also get a free library card, which is pretty cool.”
Participants track their daily reading habits and earn prizes for reading, with opportunities to enter raffles for larger prizes, including local experiences, gift certificates, toys, and books.
The Cannon Beach Library is committed to supporting literacy for all. To learn more about our Summer Reading Program, please call 503-436-1391 or visit our website: www.cannonbeachlibrary.org.

Happening this weekend! You might just find that special something you’ve been looking for 📚❤️📚
05/22/2026

Happening this weekend! You might just find that special something you’ve been looking for 📚❤️📚

Calling all treasure hunters, collectors and book hunters! From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, May 22 through Sunday, May 24, the Cannon Beach Library is hosting its annual rare […]

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131 N Hemlock
Cannon Beach, OR
97110

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Monday 12pm - 4pm
Wednesday 12pm - 4pm
Thursday 12pm - 4pm
Friday 12pm - 4pm
Saturday 12pm - 4pm

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(503) 436-1391

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