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Poem Celebrates National Library Week

For National Library Week 2022 the Boston Public Library Fund commissioned the incredible Alondra Bobadilla, Boston’s first ever Youth Poet Laureate, to write and perform a poem about the Boston Public Library.

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BPL Art & Architecture

Art & Architecture Virtual Booklet

The Boston Public Library is pleased to announce the creation of an expansive new booklet celebrating the art, architecture, and built heritage of the Central Library in Copley Square. Visitors near and far are invited

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Liberty Bell

Decoding a turning point in American history

The BPL’s Anti-Slavery Collection—one of the largest and most important repositories of abolitionist material in the United States—contains approximately 40,000 pieces of correspondence, broadsides, newspapers, pamphlets, books, and memorabilia from the 1830s through the 1870s.

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Poem Celebrates National Library Week

For National Library Week 2022 the Boston Public Library Fund commissioned the incredible Alondra Bobadilla, Boston’s first ever Youth Poet Laureate, to write and perform a poem about the Boston Public Library.

Read More »
BPL Art & Architecture

Art & Architecture Virtual Booklet

The Boston Public Library is pleased to announce the creation of an expansive new booklet celebrating the art, architecture, and built heritage of the Central Library in Copley Square. Visitors near and far are invited

Read More »
Liberty Bell

Decoding a turning point in American history

The BPL’s Anti-Slavery Collection—one of the largest and most important repositories of abolitionist material in the United States—contains approximately 40,000 pieces of correspondence, broadsides, newspapers, pamphlets, books, and memorabilia from the 1830s through the 1870s.

Read More »

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