Hingham Public Library

Hingham Public Library The Hingham Public Library provides service on equal terms to all individuals in the community.

The Library, dedicated to freedom of access to information for all, strives to meet educational, occupational, personal, recreational and cultural needs of its community. In all its operations, the Library works toward the development of the individual as a citizen and the removal of ignorance, intolerance and indifference in the community.

Want to read more but can’t find the time? Join us for our new Silent Reading Club! Readers of all ages are welcome to b...
08/26/2026

Want to read more but can’t find the time? Join us for our new Silent Reading Club! Readers of all ages are welcome to bring a book (or borrow one of ours!) and come into the library for 90 minutes of silent, communal reading. There will also be an opportunity at the end for folks to share what they’re reading and what they think so far.

Wednesday, September 2
7:00-8:45pm
Whiton Room

We’ll have chairs set up, but feel free to bring a blanket or cushion of your own.

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08/24/2026

Check out this week's Collection Highlights: https://buff.ly/52uhB4z

You can also sign up for email updates through our website!

Coming soon to Hingham Public Library's Clemens Gallery:Up Close: The Photography of Robert KeaneOn display: 8/29 - 10/1...
08/22/2026

Coming soon to Hingham Public Library's Clemens Gallery:

Up Close: The Photography of Robert Keane
On display: 8/29 - 10/1
Reception: 8/29 @ 10am

Have you met your library apps? Your Hingham Public Library card lets you access Libby, Hoopla, Kanopy, and Mango Langua...
08/19/2026

Have you met your library apps? Your Hingham Public Library card lets you access Libby, Hoopla, Kanopy, and Mango Languages!

Use Libby for eBooks, eAudiobooks, and magazines.
Use Hoopla for eBooks, eAudiobooks, comics, music, movies, and TV shows.
Use Kanopy for movies and TV shows.
Use Mango Languages to learn a new language.

Learn more in the “Borrowing” section of our website: https://hinghamlibrary.org/236/eBooks-Downloads

Check out this week's New Movies & Music: https://buff.ly/TXFTNEa You can also sign up for email updates through our web...
08/17/2026

Check out this week's New Movies & Music: https://buff.ly/TXFTNEa

You can also sign up for email updates through our website!

Join us for Evening With the Author: Phyllis Karas presents "Curse of the Blumenthals." Thursday, August 207:00-8:45 pmW...
08/13/2026

Join us for Evening With the Author: Phyllis Karas presents "Curse of the Blumenthals."

Thursday, August 20
7:00-8:45 pm
Whiton Room

Bestselling author and award-winning journalist Phyllis Karas will discuss “Curse of the Blumenthals,” the history of one close-knit New England Jewish-American family and their dark relationship with alcohol. The book follows the Blumenthal clan over 90 years, through bootlegging arrests in 1920’s Providence, a drunk driver killing six members of their family in 1935, to the shocking 1954 murder of a Boston seamstress committed by teenager Ronnie Blumenthal. Though Blumenthal confessed and spent 13 years in prison, to this day the family isn’t sure if Ronnie—or another family member—was the killer.

Karas, a Blumenthal cousin, continues the story beyond her cousin Ronnie’s release from prison—seemingly reformed—to his descent into alcoholism, surrounded by his mobbed-up prison friends. When Ronnie dies in 2012, not one family member will contribute to his funeral expenses, and with his burial in an unmarked pauper’s grave, the curse of the Blumenthals is buried with him.

View this program on our online calendar: https://buff.ly/WFc5QBl

Catch a showing of “Pressure”, a World War II drama starring Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott. Wednesday, August 19 @ 7pm...
08/12/2026

Catch a showing of “Pressure”, a World War II drama starring Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott. Wednesday, August 19 @ 7pm and Thursday, August 20 @ 1pm. And join us for a movie on the 3rd Wednesday and Thursday of every month! Learn more about HPL Movies here: https://buff.ly/GHjXqGA

August’s pick for the HPL Book Group is "Isola" by Allegra Goodman. Pick up your copy at the Reference Desk, and join us...
08/11/2026

August’s pick for the HPL Book Group is "Isola" by Allegra Goodman. Pick up your copy at the Reference Desk, and join us for the conversation on Tuesday, August 25 @ 7pm in the Whiton Room. Learn more about the HPL Book Group here: https://buff.ly/8A7zoif

Check out this week's Collection Highlights: https://buff.ly/A64a7L6You can also sign up for email updates through our w...
08/10/2026

Check out this week's Collection Highlights: https://buff.ly/A64a7L6

You can also sign up for email updates through our website!

This week in the Children’s Department: STEM, crafts, and LEGO!Tuesday, August 11: Make Your Own STEM Rocket Pulley (Age...
08/10/2026

This week in the Children’s Department: STEM, crafts, and LEGO!

Tuesday, August 11: Make Your Own STEM Rocket Pulley (Ages 6+)
Wednesday, August 12: Read-To-A-Dog (Ages 5+)
Wednesday, August 12: LEGO Club (aged 4+)
Thursday, August 13: Make Your Own Tropical Island Craft (Ages 5+)

Some programs require registration. Visit our website for details and to find out what else we have coming up: https://buff.ly/43Nglfr

Address

66 Leavitt Street
Hingham, MA
02043

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 9pm
Tuesday 10am - 9pm
Wednesday 10am - 9pm
Thursday 10am - 9pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+17817411405

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