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Amy Ryan Named President of the BPL |
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Curious George Day Saturday, Sept. 13, 2 to 4 p.m. Rey Children's Room, Copley Square Join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, WGBH and the Boston Public Library for a fun-filled afternoon celebrating Curious George. |
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Watching the Detectives: Mystery Authors Reveal Their Secrets Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 6 p.m. Orientation Room, Copley Square Four celebrated mystery novelists will read from their latest works and reveal their secrets about creating fascinating and complex detectives to solve the most ghastly crimes. |
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Local History Lecture Kick-off Wednesday, Sept. 10, 6:30 p.m. CO5/06, Copley Square Professor Thomas H. O’Connor will speak on "Pastoral Profiles: The Bishops of Boston," in celebration of the Boston Catholic Diocese's bicentennial. |
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All the World's a Page
Through September 30 McKim Building 3rd Floor, Copley Square The Boston Public Library, in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Boston, presents All the World's a Page: 400 Years of Shakespeare in Print, an exhibit that asks the question: Where would the Bard be without his books? |
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American WWI Posters on Display
Through September 13 Wiggin Gallery, Copley Square More than 50 American World War I posters from the BPL Print Department including posters of recruitment, patriotism, war bond promotions, the home front, and war relief organizations. |
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Movingline Exhibit on display
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Exhibit Marks Archdiocese's 200th
Through Sept. 30, McKim Building Cheverus Room and Chavannes Gallery Materials from the collections of the archives of the Archdiocese of Boston and the research collection and archives of the Boston Public Library will be displayed. |
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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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Take an online voyage through the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center's website - Chart your course from Journeys of the Imagination and Faces and Places to Birds Eye Views. |
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General/Contact Info | Central Library | Neighborhood Branches | Research and Specialized Services | BPL Catalogs | Electronic Resources | Guides | News | Questions | Search/Site Map The Boston Public Library • 617-536-5400 • ask@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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