Upcoming Events
At the Central Library
Reception at the Commonwealth Salon
Exhibition Opening Reception — Still Here
February 5 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Join BPL Community History, ICA Boston, & the Boston Research Center for an opening reception in celebration of the new exhibition.
Gallery J
Still Here: A Journey of Public Art in Boston
February 3 - April 26, 2026
Still Here is an art exhibition featuring works created by the 2024-2025 Teen Photography Collective program at the ICA.
Special Collections Department
Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston
October 23, 2025 – April 21, 2026
Honoring the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, this BPL exhibition reflects on freedom, justice, and activism.
Out of the Box: Unpacking the World of Archives
October 7, 2025 - April 3, 2026
Out of the Box: Unpacking the World of Archives opens up archives to visitors, demonstrating what archives are, what we can learn from them.
Leventhal Map Center Exhibitions
Becoming Boston
March 31, 2025 - February 1, 2027
In the eight cases of this exhibition, we follow the changing spatial forms of the place we now call Boston.
Terrains of Independence
April 3, 2025 - March 18, 2026
In this exhibition, maps offer an entry point to a reconsideration of the Revolutionary War through the lens of locality and place.
At the Branch Libraries
Branch Exhibitions
Art Exhibit: Abstract² (Abstract Squared)
January 22, 2026 - March 6, 2026
Visit the Roslindale Branch to view an exhibition of work by Jamaica Plain artists Suzanne Hoffman and Orr Michaely.
Proposing an Exhibition
If you would like to propose an exhibition at a Boston Public Library Branch, please contact that location directly. For information about exhibitions at the Central Library, please email exhibitions@bpl.org.
BPL, Copley Square. Barton-Ticknor room, showing exhibition of Goodyear collection of French cathedral pictures