A “trans period pride” event that caused an uproar on right-wing social media channels will no longer be hosted by the Boston Public Library, and will be moved to a new location, city officials said.

Boston Public Library, one of the oldest and largest public library systems in the country, is launching a project this summer with OpenAI and Harvard Law School to make its trove of historically ...

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 ...

Boston is rich with museums, but one of the city’s most important artwork cycles is on display in a library. The Boston Public Library’s former Book Delivery Room is distinctively adorned with 15 ...

Move over Spotify Wrapped: Boston Public Library unveiled its year-end wrap-up lists on Monday morning, including the top 10 checked out books of 2025. In addition to looking back at the year’s top ...

In 1854, Boston’s first library was opened in a two-room schoolhouse. By the following year, the growing city was able to offer the public a far grander structure and opened the McKim Building as its ...

Teens and young adults nationwide can now sign up for a free account with the Boston Public Library, which offers access to digital copies of books including those that may be banned in the libraries ...

The stacks at Boston Public Library, one of the oldest and largest public library systems in the country. (Aram Boghosian for Boston Public Library Boston Public Library, one of the oldest and largest ...