Upcoming Events
At the Central Library
Leventhal Map Center Exhibitions
Becoming Boston
Mar 31st - Feb 1st | All day
In the eight cases of this exhibition, we follow the changing spatial forms of the place we now call Boston.
Terrains of Independence
Apr 3rd - Mar 28th | All day
In this exhibition, maps offer an entry point to a reconsideration of the Revolutionary War through the lens of locality and place.
Special Collections Department | Gallery J | Teen Central
Hands-On History: Conservation Stories from the BPL
Hands-On History, an ongoing exhibition in the Special Collections Department, showcases select projects from the BPL Conservation Lab.
In the Well: The Stories We Tell About Addiction
May 5th - Oct 26th | All day
In the Well: The Stories We Tell About Addiction is a multipart artwork created by artist, writer, & filmmaker Caledonia Curry a.k.a. Swoon.
New Art Exhibition at BPL's Teen Central
Boston Public Library Youth Services has announced the opening of a new exhibition of artwork at Teen Central in the Central Library.
At the Branch Libraries
Art Exhibit: Javier Amador-Peña - (RE)Evolving GENESIS
Jul 11th - Sep 13th | All day
The Connolly Branch is proud to host the exhibition, (RE)Evolving GENESIS: An Origin Story in Motion, by artist Javier Amador-Peña.
Exhibit: Still Lifes by Humberto Aguiar Gil
Aug 9th - Dec 31st | All day
Still Lifes: A Solo Exhibit by Humberto Aguiar Gil features fourteen untitled oil paintings by the Cuban artist at Hyde Park Branch.
Proposing an Exhibition
Interested in proposing an exhibition for the Central Library's Gallery J space? View our Gallery J Exhibition Guidelines through the link below.
If you would like to propose an exhibition at a Boston Public Library Branch, please contact that location directly.

BPL, Copley Square. Barton-Ticknor room, showing exhibition of Goodyear collection of French cathedral pictures