Boston Public Library Tour
| date | time |
|---|---|
| Jan. 23, 2010 | 3:00 pm |
Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.
Victorian Back Bay
The Boston Public Library is also featured on the Back Bay tour.
Suggested Reading
Purchase A Handbook to the Art and
Architecture of the Boston Public Library:
Visitors Guide to the McKim Building, Copley
Square, and its Mural Decorations and its
Collections by author Peter Arms Wick from
our Amazon bookstore.
Purchase Painting Religion in Public: John
Singer Sargent's Triumph of Religion at the Boston
Public Library by author Sally M. Promey
from our Amazon bookstore.
Purchase McKim, Mead & White: The
Masterworks by author Samuel G. White from
our Amazon bookstore.
A masterpiece of American architecture. This tour of the
Boston Public Library showcases the
architecture of this temple built by McKim, Mead and White as
well as the amazing art adorning the interior of
this palace of the people
. Lions and murals and
sculpture, oh my!
The Boston Public Library has a a circulation of
15.5 million with a collection of 6.1 million
books, including the 3,800 volume library of
President John Adams.
The Boston Public Library. Photo by Cristina Mansfield.
