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The Boston Public Library contains approximately 24 million items, [7] making it the third-largest public library in the United States behind the federal Library of Congress and New York Public Library, which is also privately endowed. In 2014, the library held more than 10,000 programs, all free to the public, and lent 3.7 million materials.
The Boston University Libraries at Boston University include the Mugar Memorial Library, the main library on the Charles River campus, and several specialized libraries. These specialized libraries have targeted collections and services for area-specific research. The Law, Theology, and Medical Libraries, and the Howard Gotlieb Archival ...
Designated NHL. February 24, 1986. Designated CP. August 14, 1973. The McKim Building is the main branch of the Boston Public Library at Copley Square in Boston, Massachusetts. The building, described upon its 1895 opening as a "palace for the people", contains the library's research collection, exhibition rooms, and administrative offices.
The Cambridge Public Library (CPL) in Cambridge, Massachusetts consists of a unified city-wide system maintaining: a main branch, of notable aesthetic architectural value, [2] [3] [4] plus a further six localized branches sited throughout the city. [5] Having evolved from the Cambridge Athenaeum, the main library branch was built at its present ...
The Cary Memorial Library (est.1869) is the main branch of the public library in Lexington, Massachusetts. [1] [2] It is located at 1874 Massachusetts Avenue in the town center. History [ edit ]
The John Adams Courthouse houses the Social Law Library. The Social Law Library, founded in 1803, is the second oldest law library in the United States.It is located in the John Adams Courthouse at Pemberton Square in Boston, Massachusetts, the same building which houses the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
The Congregational Library & Archives is an independent special collections library and archives. It is located on the second floor of the Congregational House at 14 Beacon Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The Library was founded in 1853 by a gathering of Congregational ministers [2] and has since evolved into a ...
The Boston Library Consortium is a consortium of twenty-six institutions: sixteen in Massachusetts, five in Connecticut, one in New Hampshire, one in Rhode Island, and two in Vermont. The Internet Archive is an affiliate member. [1] Member institutions represent a mixture of liberal arts colleges, research universities, public and private ...