The Franklin Public Library in Franklin, MA is historically significant because it is credited with being the first public library in the United States!
The Library has a collection of over 87,000 items available for public use in the library or for circulation. Included in this collection are print and audio books, DVD and VCR format movies, music CDs, video games, and subscriptions to over 200 magazines and newspapers. All free to library cardholders! The Library is a member of two regional library networks allowing cardholders to obtain materials from other libraries in the eastern MA region.
The posts below will introduce you to the interesting history of the Franklin Public Library, the beautiful structure it calls home, and some of the invaluable services Library performs for the Franklin, MA community.
From the category archives:
The Library has a first-class Children’s Room featuring a comprehensive collection of books, magazines, video games, and DVD movies.
There are always charming decorations throughout the Children’s Department and plenty of toys, games and puppets that children can play with.
The Library sponsors frequent preschool story times and family entertainments thought the year.
With program titles including “Mother Goose [...]
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The Franklin Public Library in Franklin, MA is generally recognized as the first public library in the United States.
The Franklin Collection of books formed the original nucleus of the Franklin Library. Books were exceedingly rare and costly in the Americas, even at the end of the 18th Century.
On November 20th, 1790, a Franklin town meeting [...]
The original collection of books for the Franklin Public Library in Franklin, MA came as a gift from the famous US statesman, scientist and patriot Benjamin Franklin in 1778.
The original Franklin Collection still exists and is prominently in an antique wooden book case in the Library.
Franklin made the gift to the town in appreciation of [...]
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The building that houses the Franklin Public Library in Franklin, MA was built in 1904. The impressive structure was constructed and decorated in the style of a classical Greek temple with pink granite and Ionic and Doric columns.
A local wealthy family gave the funds to construct the Library building. The formal name of the library [...]
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Many public libraries in Massachusetts sponsor museum pass programs. These pass programs are a very valuable public benefit you should know about. They allow users to inexpensively attend cultural and civic events that perhaps they would not have been able to experience otherwise.
The excellent museum program at the Franklin, MA Public Library gives you discounted [...]
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