Boston Public Library
Videos
The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1848. The Boston Public Library is also Massachusetts' Library for the Commonwealth, meaning all adu
The Chavannes Gallery at the McKim Building with murals painted by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Bust of George Ticknor
The Boston Public Library on Boylston Street, which was open between 1858 and 1895 and was demolished 1899
The library's reading room in 1871 at the first Boylston Street building
New York Public Library
Videos
The New York Public Library is a chartered public library system in New York City, United States. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second-largest publi
Boston Public Library
…contains approximately 24 million items, 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. The Boston Central Library in Copley Square was designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission…
The New York Public Library Main Branch in Manhattan
The New York Public Library Main Branch during its late stage construction in 1908 with the lion statues not yet installed at the entrance
Lenox copy of the Gutenberg Bible in the New York Public Library
Cross-view of classical details in the Main Branch's entrance portico