Free Library of New Hope and Solebury

Free Library of New Hope and Solebury Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. The answer was yes and a library was born.

They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life.
–Sidney Sheldon Welcome to the Free Library of New Hope and Solebury, a Community Public Library associated with the Bucks County Free Library system. In 1894 a notice appeared in the New Hope post office: Are there 50 people willing to pay 50 cents a week to open a Free Readin

g Room? By 1904, the Citizens Literary Society created a reading room in New Hope in the Academy Building near the New Hope-Lambertville Free Bridge. Four years later, a fifty volume traveling library opened in Middleton's Drug Store. The library received 50 books semi-annually from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In 1913 a full-fledged library with a staff of four volunteers opened in a rented room using the 50 books from the Harrisburg collection. 1918 saw the Free Library of New Hope and Solebury incorporate and move to the Delaware House, its home until 1941. With burgeoning public support, in 1941 the library was able to buy and move into the historic Perry Salt House which it finally outgrew in 1973. The library then moved to its current location, the former New Hope Presbyterian Church. Despite its size, only 2800 square feet, the library contains over 28,000 items and has a growing circulation of close to 60,000 a year.

One final look back at Summer Reading before we dive into all things Fall here at the library: Thanks to everybody who c...
09/01/2026

One final look back at Summer Reading before we dive into all things Fall here at the library: Thanks to everybody who came to our Summer Reading final party! The raffle drawing was super exciting - especially with free bubbles, ribbon wands, and water ice for all. Thanks to Rita's of Lahaska for making the end of Summer Reading super sweet!

Congratulations to all of this year's raffle winners, reading log completers, library visitors, and everybody in between - here's to a great summer at the Library!

And psst - heads up families! Tickets to this year's Library Fest are live now...and kids 12 & under are FREE! More info here: https://www.nhslibrary.org/libraryfest2026/

Shop local and support the library! We are thrilled to announce that we are now accepting McCaffrey's receipts at the li...
08/31/2026

Shop local and support the library! We are thrilled to announce that we are now accepting McCaffrey's receipts at the library's Front Desk. Please call 215-862-2330 if you have any questions. No receipts older than 3 months, please!

Our Electoral College program, brought to you by the League of Women Voters of Bucks County, is TONIGHT at 5:30pm! Regis...
08/31/2026

Our Electoral College program, brought to you by the League of Women Voters of Bucks County, is TONIGHT at 5:30pm! Registration is free, please visit this site to sign up: https://calendar.buckslib.org/event/17396601

Friends, can you believe September starts TOMORROW? It's true - and that means another month of storytimes are headed yo...
08/31/2026

Friends, can you believe September starts TOMORROW? It's true - and that means another month of storytimes are headed your way! Join Ms. Louise on Tuesdays at 10:30am and 1pm, and Lolly Hopwood for her musical evening storytime on select Tuesdays at 5:30. see you soon!

Nerd Studio is now Mini Painting! We've got everything you need for mid-week Mini Painting every Wednesday at 3pm - brus...
08/28/2026

Nerd Studio is now Mini Painting! We've got everything you need for mid-week Mini Painting every Wednesday at 3pm - brushes, acrylics, washes, speed paint markers and especially free D&D themed miniatures that you can practice on (and keep!)

See you next Wednesday.

Please welcome back beloved performer Linda Kenyon in her acclaimed one-woman show "A Life of My Own : Meeting Eleanor R...
08/26/2026

Please welcome back beloved performer Linda Kenyon in her acclaimed one-woman show "A Life of My Own : Meeting Eleanor Roosevelt."
Registration is strongly recommended, visit https://calendar.buckslib.org/event/17517820 to reserve your seat.

Hey everyone! We're hosting our Tax Collector Sulyn Kulick two more days this week:Thursday 10-11amFriday 10-11amPlease ...
08/26/2026

Hey everyone! We're hosting our Tax Collector Sulyn Kulick two more days this week:

Thursday 10-11am
Friday 10-11am

Please call us at 215-862-2330 if you have questions or email [email protected] if you need to reach Sulyn.

Thanks!

In this final week of August, where we are on the other side of summer reading, but our full fall program has yet to beg...
08/25/2026

In this final week of August, where we are on the other side of summer reading, but our full fall program has yet to begin, we would like to pause and thank our three programming sponsors for this year's summer reading program. It is thanks to the generosity of The Haley Foundation, New Hope Helping and the Friends of the Free Library of New Hope & Solebury that our summer reading program is possible.

This year, that means 165 programs for local infants, toddlers, kids, teens, and their families. We had a staggering 2,000+ attendees at these programs and are endlessly grateful that these three sponsors made our youth services summer calendar a reality for all of you.

Thank you! Here's to summer - and looking ahead to fall!

Heads up, youth services fans - Ms. Louise is on vacation this week! That means we have a few programming changes: Crawl...
08/23/2026

Heads up, youth services fans - Ms. Louise is on vacation this week! That means we have a few programming changes: Crawl O'Clock this Monday is still on, but there will be no storytimes on Tuesday and no Rhythm Babes on Friday. And as an additional reminder, our robust summer reading program wrapped up this past Saturday, so that means programs like the Grassroots Picnic Project, Kids Yoga, Crafternoon, LEGO Club, and Pokémon Lunch Club are also on break this week.

Enjoy this last full week of August, everybody! 🏖

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93 W Ferry Street
New Hope, PA
18938

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 7pm
Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 10am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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+12158622330

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