Boston Public Library Announces $1 Million Grant from LEGO Community Fund U.S.

BOSTON, MA — May 19, 2025 — The Boston Public Library (BPL) and the LEGO Group have launched a new partnership setting in motion a citywide initiative that leverages play to address urgent early literacy challenges and ignite creativity and agency in Boston’s youth. Funded through a $1 million grant from the company's LEGO Community…
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Mayor Wu, Community Celebrate Groundbreaking of $30.9 Million New Fields Corner Branch

BOSTON, MA – Monday, May 6, 2025 - Mayor Michelle Wu yesterday joined Boston Public Library (BPL) officials and Fields Corner community members to highlight the start of construction of the new Fields Corner Branch. The $30.9 million construction project will create a new two-story building with improved accessibility, expanded community space, and advanced energy…
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Boston Public Library Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

BOSTON, MA – April 30, 2025 - To honor Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, the Boston Public Library (BPL) is releasing its Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month booklist, a booklist of recent titles commemorating the diversity of the Asian American and Pacific Islander experience and highlighting these cultures' representation in print. Celebrated annually…
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Boston Public Library Announces 2025 Lowell Lecture Series

BOSTON, MA – April 24, 2025 – The Boston Public Library is proud to announce the 2025 Lowell Lecture Series, highlighting artists and changemakers whose work exemplifies this year’s theme of Revolutionary Art: Art and Social Change. Through performance, design, activism, and storytelling, these four speakers challenge conventions and use their creative platforms to inspire…
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Boston Public Library Announces Major Donation of Yousuf Karsh Photographs

BOSTON, MA – April 10, 2025 – The Boston Public Library (BPL) is honored to announce the donation of 47 photographs by renowned Armenian photographer and portrait artist Yousuf Karsh. Made possible by the generous support of the Associates of the Boston Public Library, this gift was donated by his late wife Estrellita Karsh in…
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Boston Public Library Honored with 2025 AIA Collaborative Achievement Award

BOSTON, MA – April 7, 2025 – The Boston Public Library (BPL) has been recognized with the prestigious 2025 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Collaborative Achievement Award for its visionary approach to people-centered architecture—preserving history while shaping inclusive, inspiring spaces for the future. As the first large, municipally funded urban public library in America and…
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Boston Public Library Expands Access to Collections Through AI-Enhanced Digitization

BOSTON, MA – March 12, 2025 - The Boston Public Library (BPL) is launching a large-scale digitization project to unlock hundreds of thousands of historically significant items previously inaccessible to the public. This multi-phase effort will give BPL the opportunity to pilot the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to make vast historical collections …
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Boston Public Library Celebrates Black History Month

BOSTON, MA - January 30, 2025 - To honor Black History Month, the Boston Public Library (BPL) is releasing  Black Is..., a booklist of recently published titles commemorating the achievements, complexities, struggles, and culture of the Black experience. Celebrated annually in February, Black History Month honors and explores the influence and legacy of Black Americans. The BPL…
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