HISTORY 4/22/10
The library was founded in 1848 by an act of the Massachusetts legislature and first opened in 1854 in a former schoolhouse located on Mason Street. It moved here to its current building in 1895. Boston Public Library
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Boston Public Library 7/11/11
If you live in the state of Massachusetts, you can have a Boston Public Library card. Why not stop in today to sign up?
Boston Public Library 8/16/11
Bates Hall is named for the Library’s first great benefactor - Joshua Bates (1788-1864). It is 218 long, 42 feet wide, and 50 feet high, to the crown of its barrel vaulted ceiling.
Boston Public Library 7/11/11
Free art & architecture tours are offered at the Central Library in Copley Square four times each week. They last about an hour. 
Anna L.5/13/10
Go to the fountain open area in the library and check out the marble sculptures and the art galleries in the library. 