Pssst! Summer Reading is underway and we still have FREE tote bags for folks who sign up! ☀️ Pick up a bingo card at your local BPL location and complete the fun prompts and challenges between June 1 and August 31, 2026!

Journey into Imagination this fall at the BPL with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company! The BPL will welcome Commonwealth Shakespeare Company for Shakespeare at the Library: Worlds of Imagination. This program will celebrate both the brilliance of Shakespeare’s works and the beauty of the library.

The Parker Hill Branch is closed today, Wednesday, July 29, due to a facilities issue. We anticipate opening tomorrow from 12pm-8pm.

Let's take a peek into Special Collections for #DisabilityPrideMonth! Pictured is Mabel Adams, an activist and educator who taught at the the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This is the oldest public school for the deaf community in the United States.

Heading to the movies to see The Odyssey this weekend?🎥 Here's a fun fact for you! Painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes included a reference to the Odyssey in the mural paintings in the McKim building staircase.

Summer reading progress check! How many boxes have you completed on your bingo card? If you haven't signed up yet, there's still time! ☀️ Pick up a bingo card at your local BPL location and complete the fun prompts and challenges between June 1 and August 31, 2026!

In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, the BPL is highlighting 250 books that explore our nation's voices, ideas, and experiences across time!🇺🇸 Borrow any title with your library card and start building a list of your own. See the full list at bpl.org/boston-250-booklist

The BPL has welcomed Suman Shah as its new Chef-in-Residence at the Nutrition Lab in the Shaw-Roxbury Branch! This is made possible by a generous grant from anonymous donors to the Boston Public Library Fund.

Let's take a peek into Special Collections for #DisabilityPrideMonth! Featured is a photograph from 1892 that shows a grammar lesson being taught at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This is the oldest public school for the deaf community in the United States.

Read Your Way to Fenway is back! Boston youth are invited to participate in a fun reading contest for a chance to win tickets to a Red Sox game!⚾

Happy #DisabilityPrideMonth! The BPL is celebrating Disability Pride Month with the Disabled, Not Unable booklist. This month honors and explores the influence and legacy of members of the disabled and neurodivergent community.

The West Roxbury Branch has closed early today, Tuesday, June 30, due to a facilities issue. Online services will remain available at bpl.org.

LAST CHANCE TO ENTER!⏳ The BPL is inviting artists of all ages to take part in a Library Card Design contest in celebration of Library Card Sign-Up Month this September!

All BPL locations will be closed on Friday, June 19, 2026, in observance of Juneteenth. Online services will remain available at bpl.org.

Grove Hall Branch will be closed today, Tuesday, May 19, due to a facilities issue.

All BPL locations will be closed on Sunday, May 24, and Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day.

Concerts in the Courtyard is BACK for the Summer and you don't want to miss these FREE concerts! 🎙️When can you catch a concert? June on the following Friday's: 5th, 12th and 26th. July and August on Wednesdays & Fridays (except July 3rd).

Not to be dramatic, but your art could end up on our next library card 🤭 The BPL is inviting artists of all ages to take part in a Library Card Design contest in celebration of Library Card Sign-Up Month this September!

To honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the BPL is releasing its Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month booklist! It features select books written either by AAPI authors or about AAPI history and culture. www.bpl.org/news/boston-...

The Shaw-Roxbury Branch will open at noon today, Tuesday, April 21, due to a facilities issue.

All BPL locations will be closed on Sunday, April 19 and Monday, April 20, in observance of Boston Marathon Prep and Patriot's Day, respectively.

BPL's newest exhibition "Declarations: Printing a New Nation" opens today, April 11! For the first time ever, the BPL's 8 rare printings of the Declaration will be displayed together, inviting visitors to step into a moment when American independence, and the nation itself, was still taking shape.

Swinging into opening day! Swipe to see things that count as a home run *library edition ⚾📚 What would you add to this list?

All BPL locations will be closed on Sunday, April 5, in observance of Easter Sunday.

📍@bplmaps.bsky.social 📍 Boston Athenæum 📍 Massachusetts Historical Society 📍 Harvard Library’s Houghton Library, Harvard Archives, and the Harvard Map Collection

Explore the Declaration of Independence in a whole new way! This year, the Declarations Trail brings together more than a dozen rare copies of the Declaration—different printings, created for different audiences—on public view across six exhibition sites in Greater Boston.

The Chinatown Branch is closed today, Friday, March 20 due to a facilities issue.

Today, March 17th, marks Evacuation Day and commemorates General George Washington and his troops forcing the British out of Boston.

Announcing BPL's newest exhibition "Declarations: Printing a New Nation", opening on Saturday, April 11! Learn more about the exhibition at tinyurl.com/DeclarationsBPL

On Monday, March 16, the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Central Library's McKim Building will close at 3 pm. The McKim Building 1st floor and the Boylston Street Building will remain open to the public until 8 pm.