The 78-rpm disc crackles for a moment before the swing music kicks up, gleeful yelps erupt, and the band W. Lee O’Daniel and His Hillbilly Boys begin to sing the virtues of—what else?—mountain music ...

Laura Irmscher, the Boston Public Library's chief of collections strategy, displays Albrecht Dürer’s 1504 engraving "Adam and Eve.” It's estimated that the engraving, one of the two pieces previously ...

The city of Boston is famous for its third places — those cafes, community centers, and other public places that, as sociologist Ray Oldenburg observed, often increase communal ties by hosting “the ...

David Leonard doesn’t fit the stereotype of the typical library guy: In the six years since taking the helm of the BPL, the former IT consultant has never shushed anyone, and he recently did away with ...

After seven months of restoration, a rare mural was re-installed Tuesday night on a wall in the grand staircase at the Boston Public Library’s central library in Copley Square. A team of six ...

The Boston Public Library has made more than 8,000 photos, ranging from pictures documenting the construction of the McKim library building in Copley Square to 19th-century daguerreotypes, publicly ...

BOSTON (AP) — A centuries-old map compiled by French explorer Samuel de Champlain and believed to be among dozens stolen more than a decade ago from the Boston Public Library has been recovered, ...

Nestled inside the Boston Public Library’s McKim Exhibition Hall, “Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston” is a ...