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Are you someone whose idea of vacation is curling up with a good book? Or are you someone who likes to get out and explore history and architecture? Either way a trip to the Boston Public Library needs to be part of your visit to Boston. Mere steps from public transportation at 700 Boylston St, it is the oldest public library in America.
Spend time immersing yourself in the stacks of books. As you explore this charming library be sure to look up to see the amazing details in the ceilings, lanterns, paintings and domes. Settle into the reading room with all you have collected or sit outside in the courtyard.
As you walk through rooms of rare artifacts, books and maps you can think back to your earliest memories in a library. Chances are it was listening to a story being read at a formal story time. You can thank the walls around you for that memory as Boston Public Library was the first Library to introduce formal story telling for children.
As you come through the grand entrance remember that the architect, Charles Follen McKim, designed this Library to be "a palace for the people." Can you feel the enchantment around you?
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