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Free Library of New Hope and Solebury

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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 Reading 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.

11/02/2026

TOMORROW: Cardboard Dollhouse Workshop with Robin Tomlinson
Tuesday, November 3rd at 3pm
Free Library of New Hope & Solebury

Hey crafty kids! Join local artist Robin Tomlinson to make fantastical, whimsical, colorful, cardboard dollhouses! Using recycled materials and found objects, kids will construct and decorate their very own cardboard dollhouses to bring home. Registration required for this program!

This program at the Free Library of New Hope & Solebury is made possible by generous grants from the Haley Foundation and the Friends of the Free Library of New Hope & Solebury. Thank you for your support!

11/02/2026

TOMORROW: Nature Storytime at Honey Hollow Nature Center!
At Honey Hollow Nature Center, 2877 Creamery Rd, New Hope, PA
Tuesday, November 3 at 10:30am and 1pm

Join Ms. Louise at Honey Hollow Nature Center for storytime! We'll have our usual stories, songs, and a special craft - but will also get to meet real, live turtles and - if the weather is nice - go for a hike! Ideal for families and children ages 0-5 but of course all ages are welcome.
Note: This program is not at the library! Join us at Honey Hollow Nature Center at 2877 Creamery Road in New Hope, PA.

Registration is appreciated, but not required - we love walk-ins!

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween - need a spooky story? Follow the ghosts in our stacks to some ghoulish greats! Library is open until 5 tonight, have a boo-tiful night 👻

10/30/2026

What a spooktacukar Library time we had yesterday! First, there’s Gnome Place Like the Library at the New Hope-Solebury School District Trunk or Treat - thank you to co-gnome, super volunteer Jade Greene and nhs_hsa_elementary for a great event! Then, it was off to Solebury Orchards for Slightly Spooky Storytime. What an incredible turnout! Endless thanks to Twyl: The Experiential Trolley, Lolly Hopwood, Solebury OrLolly Hopwoodnd our library volunteers for an incredible night!

Our all-seeing, fortune telling toad says that if you visit the Library today and tomorrow there just might be some treats at the circulation desk and down in the take and make crafts station. No tricks!

Happy Halloween Eve, everyone 🎃

10/28/2026

TOMORROW: Slightly Spooky Story Night at Solebury Orchards
Thursday, October 29, 4:30-6pm
Free Library of New Hope & Solebury with Twyl and Solebury Orchards

It’s almost Halloween! Join us at Solebury Orchards with Lolly Hopwood and Twyl’s Trolley for a night of spooky storytelling, but don’t worry - the stories will start out only slightly spooky, then get scarier as the night goes on. Feeling a little too frightened? Take a walk in the orchard or grab some apple c***r & donuts! Costumes welcome, registration appreciated, but not required. See you soon!

10/27/2026

NEXT WEEK: Cardboard Dollhouse Workshop with Robin Tomlinson
Tuesday, November 3rd at 3pm
Free Library of New Hope & Solebury

Hey crafty kids! Join local artist Robin Tomlinson to make fantastical, whimsical, colorful, cardboard dollhouses! Using recycled materials and found objects, kids will construct and decorate their very own cardboard dollhouses to bring home. Registration required for this program!

This program at the Free Library of New Hope & Solebury is made possible by generous grants from the Haley Foundation and the Friends of the Free Library of New Hope & Solebury. Thank you for your support!

10/27/2026

NEXT WEEK: Nature Storytime at Honey Hollow Nature Center!
At Honey Hollow Nature Center, 2877 Creamery Rd, New Hope, PA
Tuesday, November 3 at 10:30am and 1pm

Join Ms. Louise at Honey Hollow Nature Center for storytime! We'll have our usual stories, songs, and a special craft - but will also get to meet real, live turtles and - if the weather is nice - go for a hike! Ideal for families and children ages 0-5 but of course all ages are welcome.
Note: This program is not at the library! Join us at Honey Hollow Nature Center at 2877 Creamery Road in New Hope, PA.

Registration is appreciated, but not required - we love walk-ins!

10/26/2026

We're highlighting a few programs this week that we think you'd really enjoy and/or find useful! Please visit our website or give us a call to register.

10/23/2026

Eric Mintel is BACK this Monday, 10/26 with more reports of the paranormal, the unexplained and the unforgettable. Call the library or visit our page to sign up now!

10/23/2026

TOMORROW: Ghost Walk Photography Workshop with Kristina D'Amico
Saturday, October 24, 4:30-6pm
Meet at the Free Library of New Hope & Solebury
NOTE: parental participation required for kids under 12

This isn't a typical photography class. You'll be the photographer and the subject — moving through the streets of New Hope and Lambertville in a ghost costume, learning to direct, frame, and shoot as you go. Along the way, we'll cover composition basics, how to use motion and framing intentionally, and what makes a portrait feel cinematic rather than just posed.

Every participant will leave knowing they made the photos, not just appeared in them! We’ll start at the library at 4:30 PM with a quick photography lesson, walk toward the canal and bridge, and finish outside the library at 6:00 PM.

Please Bring: A fully charged phone or camera with free storage space, and comfortable walking shoes and your own ghost costume (creativity welcome!)
Registration appreciated but not required.

This program at the Free Library of New Hope & Solebury is made possible by generous grants from the Haley Foundation and the Friends of the Free Library of New Hope & Solebury. Thank you for your support!

Address

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

Telephone

+12158622330

Website

http://www.nhslibrary.org/

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