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Boston, MA
http://www.bpl.org/

Boston Public Library

Boston Public Library (BPL) was the first large free municipal library in the United States. The present Copley Square location has been home to the Library since 1895, when architect Charles Follen McKim completed his “palace for the people.” Between 1870 and 1900, twenty-two additional Branches began serving communities throughout Boston’s diverse neighborhoods. In 1972 the Library expanded its Copley Square location with the opening of an addition designed by Philip Johnson. Today, the McKim building houses the BPL’s vast research collection and the Johnson building holds the circulating collection of the general library and serves as headquarters for the Boston Public Library’s 26 branch libraries. In addition to its 6.1 million books, the library boasts over 1.2 million rare books and manuscripts, a wealth of maps, musical scores and prints. Among its large collections, the BPL holds several first edition folios by William Shakespeare, original music scores from Mozart to Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf;” and, in its rare book collection, the personal library of John Adams. Over 2.2 million patrons visit the BPL each year, many in pursuit of research material, others looking for an afternoon’s reading, still others for the magnificent and unique art and architecture.break

Boston Public Library (BPL) was the first large free municipal library in the United States. The present Copley Square location has been home to the Library since 1895, when architect Charles Follen McKim completed his “palace for the people.” Between 1870 and 1900, twenty-two additional Branches began serving communities throughout Boston’s diverse neighborhoods. In 1972 the Library expanded its Copley Square location with the opening of an addition designed by Philip Johnson. Today, the McKim building houses the BPL’s vast research collection and the Johnson building holds the circulating collection of the general library and serves as headquarters for the Boston Public Library’s 26 branch libraries. In addition to its 6.1 million books, the library boasts over 1.2 million rare books and manuscripts, a wealth of maps, musical scores and prints. Among its large collections, the BPL holds several first edition folios by William Shakespeare, original music scores from Mozart to Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf;” and, in its rare book collection, the personal library of John Adams. Over 2.2 million patrons visit the BPL each year, many in pursuit of research material, others looking for an afternoon’s reading, still others for the magnificent and unique art and architecture.break

Lectures
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1.28.2021 (1:20:06)

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings & James Dale on We're Better Than This

1.26.2021 (1:10:30)

Meet Editor-in-Chief of The Cut Lindsay Peoples Wagner

1.14.2021 (1:19:49)

Meet #BlackLivesMatter Co-Creator Alicia Garza

12.9.2020 (1:25:39)

Neal Gabler: Edward Kennedy and the Liberal Hour

12.3.2020 (1:24:06)

Adam Davidson on "The Passion Economy"

11.12.2020 (1:16:34)

Nathaniel Philbrick discusses "Mayflower"

10.26.2020 (1:27:22)

How to Hide an Empire: The Story of the Greater United States

10.13.2020 (1:08:52)

Thomas Schwartz: Henry Kissinger and American Power

9.29.2020 (59:39)

Votes for Women: MA Leaders for Women's Suffrage

9.15.2020 (1:24:42)

Meet marathon runner Kathrine Switzer

8.25.2020 (1:56)

E. Dolores Johnson: Say I'm Dead

7.23.2020 (1:20:32)

Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy

6.23.2020 (1:26:50)

School Desegregation in Boston and the United States

6.15.2020 (1:23:34)

Author talk with David Litt and Cecile Richards

6.10.2020 (1:20:48)

The Unappreciated Role of Women in the Shaping of Puritanism

6.9.2020 (1:23:46)

Callie Crossley: Moments in Boston History for Black Journalists


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