Upcoming Events
At the Central Library
Gallery J
Still Here: A Journey of Public Art in Boston
February 3 - April 26, 2026
Still Here is an art exhibition featuring works created by the 2024-2025 Teen Photography Collective program at the ICA.
Special Collections Department
Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston
October 23, 2025 – April 21, 2026
Honoring the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, this BPL exhibition reflects on freedom, justice, and activism.
Out of the Box: Unpacking the World of Archives
October 7, 2025 - April 3, 2026
Out of the Box: Unpacking the World of Archives opens up archives to visitors, demonstrating what archives are, what we can learn from them.
Leventhal Map Center Exhibitions
Becoming Boston
March 31, 2025 - February 1, 2027
In the eight cases of this exhibition, we follow the changing spatial forms of the place we now call Boston.
Terrains of Independence
April 3, 2025 - March 18, 2026
In this exhibition, maps offer an entry point to a reconsideration of the Revolutionary War through the lens of locality and place.
At the Branch Libraries
Branch Exhibitions
The Requiem Project: A Memorial for African American Youths
This is a mixed-media textile piece that honors the lives of African American youth impacted by state-sanctioned violence and racism.
Proposing an Exhibition
If you would like to propose an exhibition at a Boston Public Library Branch, please contact that location directly. For information about exhibitions at the Central Library, please email exhibitions@bpl.org.
BPL, Copley Square. Barton-Ticknor room, showing exhibition of Goodyear collection of French cathedral pictures