2026 is a big year for the Warminster Library. We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the construction of our library building. We are working on a new website that will go live at the end of the year. And, in late summer, new carpeting will be installed, just in time for our Golden Anniversary Celebration on October 10th.
Our anniversary party is a chance to celebrate with our community and supporters. This casual event held at the library will tell our story, through historical displays and brief words from the Library Director Peter Lehu and other community leaders. Hot appetizers will be provided by Giuseppe’s Family Restaurant. Five Ponds Golf Course will be pouring library-themed mocktails. And there will be live jazz from local trio, the DLC Project.
The Celebration will also be a mini-fundraiser for new furniture for our reading lounge. There will be raffle baskets and a live auction featuring theatre tickets and donations from local businesses. Tickets for the 50th Anniversary event are available now at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/warminster-library-50th-anniversary-golden-celebration.
Fifty years ago, Warminster Library was under construction on land donated from Centennial School District. The Library, which was founded by the Warminster Federated Women’s Club in 1960, had been operating out of the Township building at Henry and Gibson but had outgrown that location. In 1975 it housed a collection of over 35,000 books and served 10,000 patrons. At the time township residents were very supportive of the idea of increasing the local library tax by 67% to finance a new, separate library building. Construction began in the spring of 1976 and was complete by early the next year. The new library lent out not only books, but toys, framed prints, sculptures, and instructional audio cassettes!
Today, Warminster Library has a collection of 60,000 items (plus access to over 100,000 e-books and other digital resources) and over 108,000 people walked through the front door last year. We lend out museum passes, board games, video games, and useful and fun “things”, such as a telescope and a pickleball set! Our staff of twenty serves residents from the entire region and as a member of the Bucks County Library District we can get materials for patrons from libraries all over the country. We host story-times, events, and club meetings almost every day, and provide free study room reservations.
All evidence indicates that the next fifty years will be just as fruitful for the Warminster Library community as its first!
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