Welcome to SOLA, the Friends of the Stoughton Public Library!

The Support Our Library Association, Inc. (SOLA) is a non-profit organization that supports the program and service needs of the Stoughton Public Library of Stoughton, Massachusetts. SOLA is the Friends of the Library group for the Stoughton (MA) Public Library. Formed in 2011, SOLA provides funds for new and existing activities, programs and other services for children and adults at the Library.

SOLA Membership Drive

To celebrate Stoughton's 300th birthday in 2026, SOLA (Support Our Library Association, Inc.), or the Friends of the Stoughton (MA) Public Library, has launched its membership drive with a goal of 300 members. Your membership underwrites popular library programs like the Summer Reading Program and Stoughton Reads Together, allows the library to offer a wide variety of discount and even free passes to area attractions, and enables the outfitting of the library to serve the building and community's needs even better. Click on the Join Us link above to become a member today.

Ways You Can Support Your Local Library and Its Friends Group

This holiday season and throughout the year you can support the Stoughton Public Library by contributing to SOLA (Support Our Library Association, Inc.), or the Friends of the Stoughton Public Library, in multiple ways:

- Donate directly to SOLA. Make a one-time or recurring donation through the Donate link above.

- Join SOLA. Fill out a membership form by clicking Join Us above.

- Purchase a leaf on the Community Giving Tree at the library. Learn more through the Donate link above.

- Shop the used media shelves. Located on the library's middle level, all purchases go to SOLA to support its mission.

- Follow SOLA and the Stoughton Public Library on Facebook and Instagram. Like and share posts to your personal page and interested groups.

Stoughton Public Library Museum Passes

Did you know that thanks to SOLA the Stoughton Public Library is able to offer a variety of passes and discount coupons for local attractions and activities? Take the family to the Easton Children's Museum or Boston Children's Museum; the Buttonwood Park Zoo, Roger Williams Zoo or Zoo New England (Franklin Park and Stone Zoos); and the New England Aquarium or the Museum of Science. Stroll through history at Plimoth Patuxet Museums, the Salem Witch Museum and the USS Constitution Museum. Enjoy getting out into nature with the Boston Harbor Islands Ferry, the Mass Parks Pass (DCR) and the Trustees of Reservations. Spend some time contemplating art and more at the Christian Science Publishing Center, Institute of Contemporary Art, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. You can even check out a one-week family guest pass to Old Colony YMCA! Football fans, you will soon be able to visit the Patriots Hall of Fame. All you need to reserve a pass is an active Old Colony Library Network (OCLN) adult library card. Only one reservation may be made per family per day and must be used for the day of reservation. The museum passes offered, admission fees and attraction hours are subject to change without notice; please confirm admission hours, fees and offers by contacting the museum or attraction directly. Reserve your pass in person at the circulation desk, by calling the library at 781-344-2711 or online.

Library Visitor Information

The Stoughton Public Library is fully open to the public during normal library hours: 9 am - 9 pm Mondays through Thursdays and 9 am - 5 pm Fridays and Saturdays. (The Library is open on Saturdays from September to the middle of June.) Reserved materials are available at the library circulation desk only. To request library items, place holds online using the card catalog, call in requests with your library card ready or send an email with your request and library card information. Bookdrops are open 24/7 for library item returns only. The library is only accepting the following donations at this time: 1 bag or 1 small box of donated books and/or DVDs that are in excellent condition (clean, no smell or damage) and recent bestsellers that can be sold on the ongoing sale table. The library does not accept textbooks, magazines, newspapers, old books, encyclopedias or dictionaries.