Welcome to the Free Library of New Hope and Solebury. We are a small non-profit library dedicated to delivering exceptional, personal service to our friends and neighbors.

We hope you'll find the information and links you need here at the Virtual Library, but we also look forward to seeing you in our real, live, historical physical location at 93 West Ferry Street in New Hope.

We are very proud of our more than 110 year history; of being the first free library in Bucks County; of having settled in a beautiful historic building. We are proud of the spirit of the volunteers who keep this library open, and of our association with the extraordinary communities of New Hope and Solebury. We delight in our continuing relationships with local artists, from George Nakashima to the sculptors featured each year by New Hope Arts, Inc.

Please come pay a visit so we can show off!

The Library is open Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 10:00 AM until 7:00 PM, and Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM. We may close for inclement weather whenever the local school district is also closed for that reason.

The mission of the Free Library of New Hope and Solebury is:

• To provide all people in our community with a universally accessible, diverse and inclusive collection.
• To create a forum for members of the community to discuss concerns and issues of the day and to experience cultural events.
• To bring generations together to help each other and to support learning.
• To foster a friendly, intergenerational, multi-cultural, tolerant and inclusive community and to cultivate an environment where the talents of everyone are recognized.
• To work together with other organizations in the area to create an enriched cultural experience for all.

Library goals are:

Members of the growing New Hope-Solebury community will have a safe, welcoming, universally accessible, friendly library with ample space for a suitable collection, sufficient parking and appropriate rooms for study, tutoring, group meetings, exhibits and special programs.

Members of the New Hope-Solebury community will have access to the information they need to participate fully as informed citizens.

Members of the New Hope-Solebury community will have opportunities to celebrate our unique character and to foster a friendly, intergenerational, multi-cultural, tolerant and inclusive community.

Preschool children in the New Hope-Solebury community will have programs and materials to enable them to enter school ready to learn to read, write and learn.

Members of the New Hope-Solebury community will have the services and support they need to express themselves creatively through original writing and storytelling via available media.

Members of the New Hope-Solebury community will have a chance to continue learning throughout their lives and will find entertainment and materials that stimulate their imaginations.

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