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The renovated Boston Public Library is set to open on July 9. Here, take a look at photos of the library's renovated Johnson building.
The Leventhal Map & Education Center is a not-for-profit housed in the Boston Public Library with a mission of inspiring “curiosity and learning” through geographic perspectives.
Earlier this month, the Boston Public Library uploaded over 8,000 historical photos to Wikimedia Commons, ... But notice the framing of the photo — the top of his head, too, is chopped off.
The Boston Public Library announced Thursday it was the recipient of 47 Karsh photographs. They were donated by his late widow, Estrellita, in honor of Peter Brown, former chairman of the ...
Laura Irmscher, the Boston Public Library's chief of collections strategy, displays Albrecht Dürer’s 1504 engraving "Adam and Eve.” It's estimated that the engraving, one of the two pieces ...
Boston Public Library. Share full article. Oct. 18, 1902. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from October 18, 1902, Section T, Page 8 Buy Reprints.
The Boston Public Library is offering small wedding ceremonies to four lucky couples. ... The prize includes a 15-minute ceremony in the famed Abbey Room, flowers, photography, musician, ...
The Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library is slated to be renamed to honor longtime community leader and local ...
The Boston Public Library’s motto is a simple one: Free to all. And in recent years, the library’s leadership has extended its mission to mean a lot more than free books and public space.
One of a handful of known pictures from the first-ever 1901 Red Sox spring training surfaced on eBay recently and is on its way back to the Hub as part of a sweeping effort to recover rare, turn-of… ...