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Find us at parks around town to promote summer reading programs & activities at the library for all ages.
Friday, May 9 from 6-8pm
Sutcliffe Park during the Friday Night Under the Lights baseball game!
(Rain Date May 16, same time)
Wednesday, May 28 from 3-5pm
Join us after school in Mary Wood Park!
(Rain Date June 4, same time)
Join our Spring into Reading Challenge, log in 800 minutes of reading in Beanstack between April 1 and June 13, and have a chance to win a Longwood Gardens day pass for up to four people!
Our Summer Reading Challenge is just around the corner and we’re getting you ready now!
Scan QR Code to Access or Create an Account or Use This Link!
This is an ALL AGES reading challenges. Children and babies qualify when someone else reads to them (and that person reading qualifies too!) Audio books also count as reading minutes to log in! This is a 74 day challenge so 800 minutes of reading is just 11 minutes per day! Stop by the library today to stock up on reading material this spring. We look forward to seeing you in the library soon!
Join the Friends of the Conshohocken Free Library on the First & Third Saturday each month, from 11am until 1pm for their Used Book Sale outside the Community Room.
The Friends of the Conshohocken Free Library is a fundraising organization for the library. Join them at their monthly meetings, usually the 4th Wednesday of each month. Check our Events page for specific dates each month. This is a great way to volunteer your time with the library!
Just in time for summer reading and road trips! Conshohocken Free Library now has it’s own collection of Playaway audio books! An entire book on one compact device. One AAA battery plays up to 30 hours! Playaways are loanable for up to 21 days like books and audio CDs. Just ask staff at the circulation desk for instructions if you have never used on before. Look for new titles every month.
Shop Bonfire Apparel Fundraiser!
We’ve updated our shop on Bonfire to add a new shirt and tote bags! Now all items are made to order and shipped directly to you. We’ve added more colors, women’s slim cut and children sizes too! Use link above to shop and order!
All proceeds help support the library operating costs and building maintenance, allowing us to bring lifelong learning opportunities to the community and beyond!
Two Ways to Donate Online:
The building that today houses our library was built in 1857 by Lewis Lukens, who “contributed greatly to the commercial, cultural and civic life of Conshohocken.” After his death, his grandchildren gave the house at 301 Fayette Street to the borough of Conshohocken to be used as a library. As their grandfather before them, Lukens’ decedents paid it forward to the community, giving them a permanent location to provide opportunities for “lifelong learning for all ages.”
In 1973, Conshohocken Free Library became a part of the Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library. Today were receive wonderful support as one of five branches, supporting our collections and staff. Last year we even received funding to offset programming cost thanks to Director Karen DeAngelo and MC-NPL board members.
The Friends of the Conshohocken Free Library help support programing and other learning resources as requested. They raise funds through a monthly used book sale and donations. In the spring, they canvas local businesses to support our Summer Reading program and in return, give back to the local business as well.
The building itself is the responsibility of the community. We own it and we are responsible for its upkeep. We owe it to the Lukens family to pay it forward by providing funding and support for maintenance, upkeep and improvements. Many of those decisions are made by the library’s advisory board, a group of volunteers, listed below, who donate their time and energy monthly to guide decisions on maintaining the building and raising funds to support those efforts.
These are just a few examples of how members of the community pay it forward in the spirit of the Lukens family. There is always room for more support in our efforts. There are currently financial needs to support upgrading our fire alarm system, replacing the roof, security cameras to monitor the exterior of the building and everything else that happens in between. It’s important everyone enjoying our library in Conshohocken and beyond know the story of the Lukens’ generous donation, and especially the condition that if the building ever stops being a library, it goes back to the decedents of the Lukens family.
The Conshohocken Free Library is a 501c3 organization and donations keep our building a library. Donations can be made in person at the library or online by credit card. Let’s keep the library standing for future generations to enjoy lifelong learning opportunities.
Holly Holst-Branch Manager
Library Board Members:
Brian Butch Coll- President
Ned Stern- Vice President
Mario D’Achille- Treasuer
Jennifer McCracken- Secretary
Binne Bianco
Bryan Collins
Eric Heal
Kathy McCarthy
Bob Moore
Kevin Olkowski
Johnny Pasquarello
Alice Marie Schwartz
Dr. Dennis Yankosky
Conshohocken Free Library will accept book and material donation with the understanding it will become property of the library and used to widen the access to education and knowledge in the community. Books and material donations must be accepted by staff at the Circulation Desk. Library staff may reject any donations based on condition.
Most book donations accepted by the library are given to the Friends of the Conshohocken Free Library, a volunteer fundraising group.
Donations must be brought in to the library during open hours.
Library Hours:
Please contact the library to make sure we can accept your donation. You may email us at askcon@mclinc.org or call 610-825-1656 during opening hours. If we are unable to take your donation, find information about the nearest Green Drop donation center below: