Library Closed for Patriot's Day

The Library will be closed Monday, April 18 for Patriot's Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday. The main reading room (room 341) and the periodical balcony (room 442) are open
Monday through Friday from 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m. Special Collections' hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00a.m.-1:00p.m. and by appointment. To make an appointment, call 617.727.2590.

Library Open on Evacuation Day

The Library will be open its usual hours on Evacuation Day. The hours of the main reading room in room 341 and the periodicals balcony in room 442 are 9:00 - 5:00. Materials in Special Collections can be accessed 9:00-1:00 and by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please call 617.727.2595.

Library Closed for President's Day

The Library will be closed Monday, Feb. 21 in observance of President's Day. Regular hours will resume Tuesday. The main reading room (Room 341) is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 - 5:00. The hours for Special Collections in Room 55 are Monday through Friday from 9:00 - 1:00 and by appointment. Please call 617.727.2595 to schedule an appointment.

Library Closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

The Library will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Regular hours will resume Tuesday. The Main Reading Room and the Periodicals Balcony are open Monday through Friday from 9:00 until 5:00. The hours in Special Collections are Monday through Friday from 9:00 until 1:00 and by appointment. Please call 617.727.2595 if an appointment is needed.

Library closed for Thanksgiving

The Library will be closed Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving. Regular hours in the Main Reading Room (Room 341) and the Periodical Balcony will resume Friday. Please come to the Main Reading Room first for access to Special Collections materials on Friday.

The Main Reading Room and the Periodicals Balcony are open Monday through Friday from 9:00AM until 5:00PM. Special Collections' usual hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00AM until 1:00PM and by appointment. Please call 617.727.2595 if an appointment is needed.

image: Thanksgiving in a camp during the U.S. Civil War on Nov. 28, 1861. Alfred Rudolph Waud, artist.

Library Closed on Veterans' Day

The Library will be closed Thursday, Nov. 11 in observance of Veterans' Day. Regular hours will resume Friday. The Main Reading Room and the Periodicals Balcony are open Monday through Friday from 9:00AM until 5:00PM. Special Collections' hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00AM until 1:00PM and by appointment. Please call 617.727.2595 if an appointment is needed.

Library closed for Columbus Day

The Library will be closed Monday in observance of Columbus Day. Regular hours will resume Tuesday. The Main Reading Room and the Periodicals Balcony are open Monday through Friday from 9:00AM until 5:00PM. Special Collections' hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00AM until 1:00PM and by appointment. Please call 617.727.2595 if an appointment is needed.

image: First Voyage, Departure for the New World, Aug. 3, 1492. Wikimedia Commons.

Library Closed Labor Day

The Library will be closed for the Labor Day holiday. Regular hours for the Main Reading Room (Room 341) and Special Collections (Room 55) will resume on Tuesday. The Main Reading Room will be open 9:00 to 5:00 Monday through Friday, and Special Collections from 9:00 to 1:00 and by appointment Monday through Friday. Please call Special Collections at 617.727.2590 if an appointment is required.

Library closed Monday, July 5

The Library will be closed in observance of the July 4th holiday. The Main Reading Room and the 4th floor balcony will resume regular hours (9:00am through 5:00pm) on Tuesday. Special Collections will be open next week on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:00am until 1:00pm and by appointment. Please call 617.727.2595 to schedule an appointment.

image: Lincoln Memorial during July 4th, 2008 fireworks display
by J.W. Photography at Flickr. Licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License

Library Closed Bunker Hill Day

The State Library will be closed Thursday in observance of the holiday. Regular hours in the Main Reading Room will resume Friday. Special Collections will be open Monday through Wednesday from 9:00am until 1:00pm and by appointment through June 29.

image: The Battle of Bunker Hill by Howard Pyle, 1897

Library Closed on Memorial Day

The Library will be closed Monday in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday. The Main Reading Room and 4th floor balcony will be open from 9:00am through 5:00pm and Special Collections from 9:00am through 1:00pm.

Library Closed on Patriot's Day

The Library will be closed Monday, April 19 in observance of Patriot's Day. This holiday commemorates the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War.

Library Closed on Evacuation Day, March 17

The State Library will be closed Wednesday, March 17 in observance of Evacuation Day. On this day in 1776 the British Redcoats ended their occupation of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The siege of Boston came to a close when the Continental Army, under George Washington, fortified Dorchester Heights with cannons captured at Ticonderoga. The British forces withdrew from Dorchester Heights to Nova Scotia as depicted in this engraving.

Library Closed for Evacuation Day, March 17th

The State Library will be closed Tuesday, March 17th for Evacuation Day.

Evacuation Day commemorates the day British troops left Boston in 1776. Chapter 80 of the Acts of 1938 called for an annual proclamation to be made by the governor setting aside March 17th as Evacuation Day.

Library Closed for Patriot's Day, April 21

The library will be closed on Monday, April 21st in observance of Patriots Day.

The National Parks Service has a listing of some of the events commemorating the opening battle of the American Revolution at: http://www.nps.gov/mima/patriots-day.htm