Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, NH

06/23/2026

TOWN NEWS: This schedule applies to all Hampton, North Hampton, Rye and Stratham customers. It helps to ensure a sustainable drinking water supply, protect natural resources and streamflow for aquatic life, and respond to the region’s moderate to severe drought conditions.

Watering of plants and gardens is permitted at any time when using drip irrigation, a hand-held hose, or a watering can.

06/23/2026

Teens going into grades 6 through 12 (or equivalent) are welcome to join our summer cooking club! Every week, teens learn new skills and tips that will help them make food in the kitchen safely and independently. Plus, each week includes new recipes that they will be able to make right away, at the library and at home!

06/18/2026

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The Hampton Farmers Market will provide a community space for local farms and artisans to sell their products. See link below ⬇️

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06/17/2026

The plants are watered and the farmers (librarians) are ready! Summer reading starts tomorrow with our Kick-Off Party from 5:30 to 7 PM! Join us to sign up for summer reading and receive a swag bag. While you are here, enjoy refreshments from Big Bad and Kona Ice, get your face painted, listen to live music, and learn about what the summer has to offer!

06/16/2026

The library will be closed Friday, June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

Juneteenth is a federally recognized holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19th, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to finally enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and free the last African Americans held in slavery, 900 days after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect.

Regular library hours will resume on Saturday, June 20th.

06/15/2026

Join us this Wednesday, June 17th, for a family movie at 11 AM! Popcorn and refreshments will be provided and no registration is required.

06/10/2026

Kids are encouraged to get their hands in the dirt in this weekly gardening program! Throughout the summer we will observse, experiment, and create in the garden. Using a nature journal as the backbone to this program, kids will learn:

- How to plant various kinds of plants, including flowers and vegetables
- How different types of soil impacts growth and organism activity
- How water and sun are essential to growing
- And other art, science, and creative activities!

At the end of the summer, we will celebrate with a garden party, enjoying the harvest of our garden and playing games.

06/08/2026

Our first summer reading event is a very exciting one! Chickens, and bunnies, and sheep, oh my! On Saturday, June 20th, join us for a morning with the New England Party Animal Mobile Petting Zoo! Animal lovers aged 0 to 100 will have the opportunity to meet, pet, and even snuggle farm animals on the library lawn. Due to limited space and time, registration is required. Young children must be accompanied by an adult.

06/04/2026

So many gently loved books looking for good homes! The Friends of Lane Memorial Library's Book Sale is live! Visit us today (for members), tomorrow, and Saturday to pick up some new titles for your bookshelf.

06/02/2026

Reenactors will be firing blanks from their muskets tomorrow morning between 11 and 11:30 AM as Hampton Academy students are treated to a 250 Day American Revolution reenactment. If you live around the area, please be aware that you may hear some loud bangs during that time and it is no cause for alarm.

Hampton Academy students will participate in a realistic, hands-on celebration of 250 Day on Wednesday, June 3, and we want to alert the community that things may get a little loud!

Students will be treated to a Revolutionary War reenactment that will include reenactors firing blanks from their muskets sometime between 11 and 11:30 a.m.

We want all of our supportive neighbors to know that there is no cause for alarm.

Students will also get to touch public safety vehicles, try on Colonial clothing and handle artifacts, and play colonial games. The event will culminate with a reading of the Declaration of Independence and the war reenactment.