Maine Libraries & Archives

Best little library in Maine.

Best library every

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Good meeting room area too!

Very helpful group of people

Very friendly staff. Qauint and quiet little location.

Very helpful librarian. Friendly place.

Gorgeous library, and the most wonderful people!

Love to go there to do family research

Awesome little library. In a tiny historic building. Free wifi

Awesome community library.

A wonderful part of the community, the best little library in the best little part of the world

My favorite library. I helped save it in 2002.

Quaint, beautiful library in the heart of Somesville. Has a surprisingly good collection, including current popular titles that have wait lists at other libraries. Wonder ... more

A wonderful staff and excellent children's section, filled with great books.

Love going and getting excellent recommendations!

Such a wonderful resource for our community here. Andie is like the gateway to the community, always happy to help you find a book or answer a question about the area.

Excellent staff

One librarian told me that I couldn't read books to my toddlers in the children's area, while another librarian said that I could. If you are a parent, I would call befor ... more

The open air museum is incredible

Interesting and well stocked Libaray with a wonderful museum as well in an unusual space, the Oxford County stone jail on Paris Hill, Maine.

Friendly, helpful staff. Great WiFi.

Awesome and I love Marie she's very very helpful

very child friendly! 😊

Nice, small town library with open wifi, computers, lots of children and young adult books

Always accomodating my requests

Beautiful building and art. Very nice staff!

Wonderful historical place in Maine 🙏🙏🙏

Train table for the kids, small but great atmosphere

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Lovely little library. The librarians are so friendly and nice. My 3 and 2 year old love coming here. Plenty of books to keep you reading for hours.

Making maps look old for pirate day

Thank you for supporting your community!

We visited here on a whim and really enjoyed reading about the history and architecture of this very interesting building. I also had a blast browsing a book with some h ... more

Really nice place.

Charming! Like a story book. But way out here, wifi can be sketchy, even in the library.

Going to Friend Memorial Library is always a treat. Wonderful, helpful, friendly, knowledgeable staff. Great selection of books, magazines, periodicals and audio/video ... more

Over the summer I had the opportunity to visit this place once a week and it was a good time! I love their selection. Particularly their catalog of cookbooks and video ga ... more

It was grand.

Wonderfully talented and helpful research library staff. Low day use fee gets you full access to Maine history.

I go often to the Hanson library staff are extremely helpful and knowledgeable its awesome

Cozy, warm atmosphere at this lovely historic landmark. I love sitting by the fireplace with a book.

Michelle and Gary are wonderfull people

The best little library with the kindest people around! So thankful for this place for my kiddos!

Such a beautiful small library

Gorgeous.

An extremely interesting and informative place with excellent programs! Definitely worth a trip. You won't be disappointed!

Great staff very polite very knowledgeable and great service