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In 1857, the City Library Association was formed in Springfield in response to the 1851 Massachusetts Public Library Law, which authorized cities and towns to establish and maintain public libraries, as well as an 1855 petition by residents requesting funding for a library. [1] Prior to this, the Springfield Library Company ran a private ...
Pages in category "Libraries in Essex County, Massachusetts" ... Saugus Public Library; Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover, Massachusetts)
The City of Springfield's palatial Public Library is located in Metro Center. It features the second largest library circulation in New England (behind Boston 's). Metro Center also features three higher learning institutions: Cambridge College at Tower Square, the University of Massachusetts Amherst 's Urban Design Center at Court Square, and ...
The Essex Town Hall and TOHP Burnham Library is an exuberant Shingle Style building at 30 Martin Street in Essex, Massachusetts in the United States. Containing town offices, a public library and an auditorium, it was built in 1893-1894, and its architect was Frank W. Weston, of Boston and Malden, Massachusetts .
Springfield Museums Corporation operates the Dr. Seuss Memorial and five museums on the Quadrangle. In 2013, the Springfield Museum consortium achieved national accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums , a distinction awarded to only 6% of national museums in the US. [ 2 ]
The Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) is a rare books and special collections library. It is made up of the collections of the former Peabody Museum of Salem and the Essex Institute (which merged in 1992 to form the Peabody Essex Museum). Both had libraries named for members of the Phillips family. [1] [2]
Essex County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.At the 2020 census, the total population was 809,829, [1] making it the third-most populous county in the state, and the seventy-eighth-most populous in the country.
Efforts to establish a public library began in the 1850s. [129] [130] In fiscal year 2008, the city of Springfield spent 1.13% ($5,321,151) of its budget on its public library—approximately $35 per person, per year ($46.12 adjusted for inflation to 2022). [131]