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Wiscasset Public Library

Library Name: Wiscasset Public Library
Established: 1799
Schedule: Winter: Tue, Thur, Fri 10-5; Wed 10-7; Sat 9-2.
Address: 21 High Street, Wiscasset, ME 04578
Phone Number: 207-882-7161
Fax Number: 207-882-6698
Email: wpl@wiscasset.lib.me.us
Director: Janet Morgan
Website: http://www.wiscasset.lib.me.us/index.htm
Computer Capabilities: Automated circulation. Public Internet Access.
Summer Programs: Reading programs for young children and for young adults.
Exhibits: Exhibits in the display case change on a monthly basis.

Membership

Anyone living in Wiscasset, Alna, Edgecomb, or Westport, or students and teachers of the Wiscasset School System may have a free library card. All other people must pay an annual fee 0f $30 per family.

History

The Wiscasset Public Library was incorporated in 1920 by a group of ten Incorporators. It was first established in the Methodist Church on Fort Hill in the winter of 1921, with Mrs. Henry W. Webb as Librarian. It remained there until 1929 when it was removed to its present location. It is, in a sense, the successor to the Wiscasset Social Library that was started in 1799 and was more or less active through the 1800s