Boston Public Library

I’m currently in library school at UB and taking a class on Public Libraries. After reading about how the Boston Public Library was “the first” public library in one of our textbooks, I really want to visit and bask in library history. :)

With the explosion of the internet, and the declining need to visit libraries to do research, it is especially enjoyable to walk into a large old library and smell the books. Couple that with the historic architecture and modern “exhibits”, and this place is definitely worth visiting.

As a future librarian who is moving to Boston, the BPL definitely moved me. I loved it!

I found this library to be more like a combination library/museum. Of course, there were books available, but there was also an exhibit about Joan of Arc, and a good amount of art hanging all over the place. There was also a collection of rare books that was closing just as I got to that section of the library.

Seems like it would be a nice, quiet place to do some studying, with breaks in between to see some interesting art.

I’ve lived in boston since I was born, love it here and this library impacted life greatly when I was growing up