College Essay Help

Tues. Nov. 6 and 13 at 6:30 p.m.
Bring your Chromebook/laptop, an initial draft of an essay, and college prompts for help from Barbara Rose of Writing Rescue. (click for more...)

Fall Lego Club

Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m.
October 24 - November 21
Drop-in, non-competitive, non-robotic Lego club. Create, share designs, work individually or as a team. Kindergarten through 5th grade. (click for more...)

Holiday Closing

The Library will close early Wed. Nov. 21st at 5:00 p.m. and will be closed all day Thurs. Nov. 22nd for Thanksgiving. Please pick up Wednesday or Thursday museum passes on Wed. Nov. 21st before 5:00 p.m.

Current Artist

Paintings by Rob Franco are on display at the Hamilton-Wenham Library through November and December.

For library art display information at Hamilton-Wenham, click here.

Join us...

...for our 10 year anniversary of sponsoring NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) at Hamilton-Wenham. Click here for a raft of special programs beginning in October. NaNoWriMo officially kicks off Nov. 1st.

Hoopla is here!

Download the Hoopla app or go to hoopladigital.com and sign up with your preferred email address, Hamilton-Wenham library card number and library PIN number/password. Borrow up to 4 items per month!

Story Writing Contest

Click here for contest information and submission rules. Writers ages 5 - 12 are invited to participate! Deadline: Friday, Nov. 23 by 5:00 p.m.
A National Novel Writing Month tie-in event. For more NaNoWriMo programs, click here.

Fall Signup

It's fall in the Children's Room! Click here for our brochure. Please check with the Children’s Room desk for details regarding registration. No phone/web/email registrations will be accepted unless otherwise stated.

3D Printer colors

We've bought new filament! Colors are white, black, blue, and four that we didn't have before: gray, translucent red, translucent purple, and neon orange. Call 978-468-5577 to learn more about 3D printing at the library.

Our Internet Archive collection

Click here to watch our collection of over 70 local videos and interviews at the Internet Archive (archive.org), including the 66 Hamilton-Wenham Times Past videos. Illuminating history!

Safari Books

Are you looking for books on computing, technology, or business? Access 4,960 specific, informative, up-to-date titles through Safari Books. Use your MVLC library card and pin/password for remote access.

Library of Things

Our Library of Things page showcases some of the more unconventional items that you can check out from our library, from board games to microscopes, cookie cutters to 3-D glasses, and much, much more.

Digital Magazines
Flipster is our new digital magazine newsstand, where you can read online versions of regular print magazines. Use your Hamilton-Wenham Library card to access from home. We currently subscribe to Consumer Reports, HGTV, Money, and Time.

New York Times Complimentary Access

Enjoy 24 hours of the New York Times. Register in the library, or visit remotely by clicking here.

Sign up for Wowbrary!

Wowbrary is a service which pulls items recently added to the catalog and compiles them into a weekly list, sorted by subject and format. Sign up today to receive your free weekly Wowbrary email about the newest books, movies, and music at your library.

Download Flipster!

Flipster is our new digital magazine newsstand. Use your Hamilton-Wenham Library card number when accessing from home. You can also put the Flipster app on your mobile device! Download the app from your device’s app store, select “HAMILTON-WENHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY” as your library, and enter your library card number to get started.

Stream Freegal!

Get free and legal music through our library subscription to Freegal: up to five downloads per week, and three hours of streaming per day. Just use your Hamilton-Wenham Library card and PIN or password to sign in. (Additional questions? Click here.)