Current Exhibitions

At the Central Library

Gallery J

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Sep. 9, 2026 - Dec. 2, 2026
During printmaking workshops and declaration writing workshops, visitors reflected on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.

Leventhal Map & Education Center

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.

Defarrari Hall

Lexicon

July 21 - March 1, 2027
Lexicon is a free-form structural shell built from origami-folded cells assembled into a two-sided lattice, or interlocking framework.

At the Branch Libraries

Branch Exhibitions

Quabbin—Yesterday and Today

Nov 1st - Nov 30th | All day
This exhibit contrasts the Quabbin Reservoir when it was built in the 1930s with what it has become today.

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.