Foster Parent Informational Session
Tues. Sept. 25, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
MASS DCF invites you to learn about foster care: a service that allows people to assist children in times of crisis until they can be reunited with their families. (click for more...)

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.

Bruce Robert Coffin

Fri. Oct. 5, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
How do you retire from 27 years in law enforcement? You write crime novels and stories! (click for more...)
A National Novel Writing Month tie-in event. For more NaNoWriMo programs, click here.

Holiday Closing

The Library will be closed Monday Oct. 8th for Columbus Day. If you have reserved Monday passes, please pick them up Sat. Oct. 6th between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Eighth Grade [R]

There will be two big screen showings of Hamilton local Bo Burnham's new movie at our library:
Wed. Oct. 10, 7:00 - 8:35 p.m.
Fri. Oct. 12, 10:30 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.
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Paws to Read!

Thurs. Oct. 18, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Sign up and read to Tessie, the certified therapy dog. Reading time slots begin at 3:30 p.m. and are 10 minutes each. Pre-registration is required. (click for more...)

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.)