Boston Public Library
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 adult residents of the state are entitled to borrowing and research privileges, and the library receives state funding.
- Type: Library
- Description: library system in Boston, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Adams, John (1735-1826) Library”, “Biblioteca Publica de Boston”, “Bibliotheque publique de Boston”, “Bibliothèque publique de boston”, “Bibliothèque Publique De Boston”, “BPL”, “bpl.org”, “Library of Last Recourse”, “Veřejná knihovna v Bostonu”, “کتابخانهٔ عمومی بوستون”, “보스턴 공공 도서관”, “보스턴 공립 도서관”, “보스턴 공립도서관”, “보스턴 도서관”, “보스턴공공도서관”, “보스턴공립도서관”, and “ボストン市立図書館”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Norman B. Leventhal Map Center and Copley Square.
Copley Society of Art
Art gallery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Back Bay and South End.
Back Bay
Suburb
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods.
Back Bay-Beacon Hill
Boston Public Library
- Categories: library network, writing residency, and education
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.34926° or 42° 20′ 57″ north
Longitude
-71.07838° or 71° 4′ 42″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87JC8WXC+PJ
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Boston Public Library” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مكتبة بوسطن العامة”
- Armenian: “Բոստոնի հանրային գրադարան”
- Asturian: “Biblioteca Pública de Boston”
- Azerbaijani: “Boston İctimai Kitabxanası”
- Bashkir: “Бостон асыҡ китапханаһы”
- Belarusian: “Бостанская грамадзкая бібліятэка”
- Belarusian: “Бостанская грамадская бібліятэка”
- Belarusian: “Бостанская публічная бібліятэка”
- Catalan: “Boston Public Library”
- Chinese: “波士顿公共图书馆”
- Czech: “Bostonská veřejná knihovna”
- Dutch: “Boston Public Library”
- Esperanto: “Bostona Publika Biblioteko”
- Finnish: “Bostonin kaupunginkirjasto”
- French: “bibliothèque publique de Boston”
- French: “Bibliothèque publique de Boston”
- Georgian: “ბოსტონის საჯარო ბიბლიოთეკა”
- German: “Boston Public Library”
- Greek: “Δημόσια βιβλιοθήκη της Βοστώνης”
- Greek: “Δημόσια Βιβλιοθήκη της Βοστώνης”
- Hebrew: “הספרייה הציבורית של בוסטון”
- Italian: “Boston Public Library”
- Japanese: “ボストン公共図書館”
- Korean: “보스턴 공공도서관”
- Latin: “Bibliotheca Publica Bostoniensis”
- Malayalam: “ബോസ്റ്റൺ പബ്ലിക് ലൈബ്രറി”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Boston Public Library”
- Norwegian: “Boston Public Library”
- Panjabi: “ਬੋਸਟਨ ਪਬਲਿਕ ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀ”
- Persian: “کتابخانه عمومی بوستون”
- Russian: “Бостонская общественная библиотека”
- Russian: “Бостонская публичная библиотека”
- Slovenian: “Bostonska javna knjižnica”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Pública de Boston”
- Turkish: “Boston Halk Kütüphanesi”
- Ukrainian: “Бостонська публічна бібліотека”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sulod-Barasahan Publiko han Boston”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: South Bay Parcel, Boston and Bay Village.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: First Spiritualist Temple and Osushi.
Massachusetts: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Boston and Cambridge.
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