Welcome to Friends Free Library!
We are the school library of Germantown Friends School serving both the internal GFS community and our Germantown neighbors. Throughout the year, students, families, community day care centers, and school groups visit us for story hours, book selection, and library instruction.
Our Library collection consists of approximately 50,000 books, as well as newspapers and magazines, and an active collection of online research databases. Our goal is to encourage a love of reading and to assist individuals with their research needs using both print and internet resources.
Library Highlights
The Friends Free Library has compiled a list of books and other neurodiversity-affirming resources for Autism Acceptance Month.
The Friends Free Library celebrated the reading and creativity of 101 students with a massive summer reading quilt.
In honor of Black History Month, the Friends Free Library has curated a collection of five book displays representing this year’s theme “Black Resistance,”
Visit Us
School Hours:
Monday-Friday
7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Closed holidays and school breaks
2025 Summer Hours:
June 17-July 17: Tuesday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
July 18-September 1: Closed
Community Hours:
Wednesdays and Thursdays
3:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
Closed holidays and school breaks
LIBRARY ADDRESS
5418 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19144
215-951-2355
library@germantownfriends.org