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Exhibits and Programs:
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Calling all Kids, Teens and Adults
Record and Review Your Summer Reading online.Whether you are spending the summer at camp, on the Cape or in your own backyard, you can participate in summer reading. Registration is ongoing.

Also, check to see what wild events your local branch has planned for kids and families.


Max Heinegg

Max Heinegg to Perform
Friday, July 11 at 3:30 p.m.
Courtyard, Copley Square

The Boston Public Library continues its Friday afternoon Concert in the Courtyard series with a perfomance by Max Heinegg.

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Kids, Read Your Way to Fenway
Just read three books this summer, fill out a form and bring it to your local branch of the BPL. Thanks to Bank of America and the Red Sox, you could see a game this summer.

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A Bird’s Eye View of New England
January 8 through July 5
McKim Building, Copley Square

Up, up and away! The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library presents great bird’s eye view maps of the 19th century and celebrates their recent preservation. Teachers can call to schedule group tours.

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26 Miles, 385 Yards
Through Aug. 31, Johnson Lobby
Johnson Building, Copley Square

Images of the history of the Boston Marathon from the Boston Public Library's collections.

john adams Discover John Adams's Library Online
Visit the John Adams Library website to explore the personal library of 2nd President John Adams and learn more about his remarkable life and extensive 3,500-volume collection.
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Enjoy fine food and lovely views at Novel Restaurant and Sebastians Map Room Cafe.

 

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The Boston Public Library   •   617-536-5400   •  info@bpl.org
Central Library -- 700 Boylston St., Boston MA 02116
For more than 150 years, the Boston Public Library has pioneered public library service in America with revolutionary ideas and famous firsts. Established in 1848, the BPL was the first publicly supported municipal library in America, the first public library to lend a book, the first to have a branch library and the first to have a children’s room. Today, the BPL boasts 27 neighborhood branches, free Internet access, two unique restaurants, an award-winning website and an online store featuring reproductions of the BPL’s priceless photographs and artwork. Each year, the BPL hosts nearly 5000 programs, answers more than one million reference questions and serves millions of people in its National Historic Landmark McKim Building in Copley Square. All of its programs and exhibits are free and open to the public. At the Boston Public Library, books are just the beginning!

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