List of public libraries in Massachusetts

This is a list of public libraries in Massachusetts, USA.

Library Web site Town/City County Friends-group link Consortium
Abington Public Library [1] Abington Plymouth [2] OCLN
Acton Memorial Library [3] Acton Middlesex [4] MLN
West Acton Citizens' Library [5] Acton Middlesex
Russell Memorial Library [6] Acushnet Bristol [7] SAILS
Adams Free Library [8] Adams Berkshire
Agawam Public Library [9] Agawam Hampden [10]
Alford Library [11] Alford Berkshire
Amesbury Public Library [12] Amesbury Essex [13] MVLC
Jones Library, Inc. [14] Amherst Hampshire [15]
Memorial Hall Library [16] Andover Essex [17] MVLC
Aquinnah Public Library [18] Aquinnah Dukes [19] CLAMS
Robbins Library [20] Arlington Middlesex MLN
Stevens Memorial Library [21] Ashburnham Worcester [22]
Ashby Free Public Library [23] Ashby Middlesex [24]
Belding Memorial Library [25] Ashfield Franklin
Ashland Public Library [26] Ashland Middlesex [27] MLN
Athol Public Library [28] Athol Worcester [29]
Attleboro Public Library [30] Attleboro Bristol
Auburn Public Library [31] Auburn Worcester [32]
Avon Public Library [33] Avon Norfolk [34] OCLN
Ayer Public Library [35] Ayer Middlesex
Centerville Public Library [36] Barnstable - Centerville Barnstable CLAMS
Cotuit Library [37] Barnstable - Cotuit Barnstable CLAMS
Hyannis Public Library Association [38] Barnstable - Hyannis Barnstable CLAMS
Marstons Mills Public Library [39] Barnstable - Marstons Mills Barnstable CLAMS
Osterville Village Library [40] Barnstable - Osterville Barnstable CLAMS
Sturgis Library [41] Barnstable - Barnstable Barnstable CLAMS
Whelden Memorial Library [42] Barnstable - West Barnstable Barnstable CLAMS
Woods Memorial Library [43] Barre Worcester
Becket Athenaeum, Inc. [44] Becket Berkshire
Bedford Free Public Library [45] Bedford Middlesex MLN
Clapp Memorial Library [46] Belchertown Hampshire
Bellingham Public Library [47] Bellingham Norfolk
Belmont Public Library [48] Belmont Middlesex MLN
Berkley Public Library [49] Berkley Bristol SAILS
Berlin Public Library [50] Berlin Worcester
Cushman Library [51] Bernardston Franklin
Beverly Public Library [52] Beverly Essex NOBLE
Billerica Public Library [53] Billerica Middlesex MVLC
Blackstone Public Library [54] Blackstone Worcester
Porter Memorial Library [55] Blandford Hampden
Bolton Public Library [56] Bolton Worcester
Boston Public Library [57] Boston Suffolk MBLN
Jonathan Bourne Public Library [58] Bourne Barnstable CLAMS
Sargent Memorial Library [59] Boxborough Middlesex
Boxford Town Library [60] Boxford Essex MVLC
Boylston Public Library [61] Boylston Worcester
Thayer Public Library [62] Braintree Norfolk OCLN
Brewster Ladies' Library [63] Brewster Barnstable CLAMS
Bridgewater Public Library [64] Bridgewater Plymouth
Brimfield Public Library [65] Brimfield Hampden
Brockton Public Library [66] Brockton Plymouth OCLN
Merrick Public Library [67] Brookfield Worcester
Public Library of Brookline [68] Brookline Norfolk MLN
Buckland Public Library [69] Buckland Franklin
Burlington Public Library [70] Burlington Middlesex MVLC
Cambridge Public Library [71] Cambridge Middlesex [72] MLN
Canton Public Library [73] Canton Norfolk OCLN
Gleason Public Library [74] Carlisle Middlesex MVLC
Carver Public Library [75] Carver Plymouth
Tyler Memorial Library [76] Charlemont Franklin
Charlton Public Library [77] Charlton Worcester
Eldredge Public Library [78] Chatham Barnstable CLAMS
South Chatham Public Library Chatham Barnstable
Chelmsford Public Library [79] Chelmsford Middlesex MVLC
Chelsea Public Library [80] Chelsea Suffolk MBLN
Cheshire Public Library [81] Cheshire Berkshire
Hamilton Memorial Library [82] Chester Hampden
Chesterfield Public Library [83] Chesterfield Hampshire
Chicopee Public Library [84] Chicopee Hampden
Chilmark Free Public Library [85] Chilmark Dukes CLAMS
Clarksburg Town Library Clarksburg Berkshire
Bigelow Free Public Library [86] Clinton Worcester
Paul Pratt Memorial Library [87] Cohasset Norfolk OCLN
Griswold Memorial Library Colrain Franklin
Concord Free Public Library [88] Concord Middlesex MLN
Field Memorial Library Conway Franklin
Bryant Free Library [89] Cummington Hampshire
Dalton Free Public Library [90] Dalton Berkshire
Peabody Institute Library [91] Danvers Essex NOBLE
Dartmouth Public Libraries [92] Dartmouth Bristol
Dedham Public Library [93] Dedham Norfolk MLN
Tilton Library [94] Deerfield Franklin
Dennis Memorial Library Association [95] Dennis - Dennis Barnstable CLAMS
Dennis Public Library [96] Dennis - Dennis Port Barnstable CLAMS
Jacob Sears Memorial Library [97] Dennis - East Dennis Barnstable CLAMS
South Dennis Free Public Library [98] Dennis - South Dennis Barnstable CLAMS
West Dennis Free Public Library [99] Dennis - West Dennis Barnstable CLAMS
Dighton Public Library [100] Dighton Bristol
Simon Fairfield Public Library [101] Douglas Worcester
Dover Town Library [102] Dover Norfolk MLN
Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library [103] Dracut Middlesex MVLC
Pearle L. Crawford Memorial Library [104] Dudley Worcester
Dunstable Free Public Library [105] Dunstable Middlesex MVLC
Duxbury Free Library [106] Duxbury Plymouth OCLN
East Bridgewater Public Library [107] East Bridgewater Plymouth
East Brookfield Public Library [108] East Brookfield Worcester
East Longmeadow Public Library [109] East Longmeadow Hampden
Eastham Public Library [110] Eastham Barnstable CLAMS
Emily Williston Memorial Library [111] Easthampton Hampshire
Ames Free Library [112] Easton Bristol
Edgartown Free Public Library [113] Edgartown Dukes CLAMS
Egremont Free Library [114] Egremont Berkshire
Erving Public Library [115] Erving Franklin
T.O.H.P. Burnham Free Library [116] Essex Essex MVLC
Everett Public Libraries [117] Everett Middlesex NOBLE
Millicent Library [118] Fairhaven Bristol
Fall River Public Library [119] Fall River Bristol
Falmouth Public Library [120] Falmouth Barnstable CLAMS
West Falmouth Library [121] Falmouth - West Falmouth Barnstable CLAMS
Woods Hole Public Library [122] Falmouth - Woods Hole Barnstable CLAMS
Fitchburg Public Library [123] Fitchburg Worcester
Florida Free Library Florida Berkshire
Boyden Library [124] Foxborough Norfolk
Framingham Public Library [125] Framingham Middlesex MLN
Franklin Public Library [126] Franklin Norfolk MLN
Guilford H. Hathaway Library [127] Freetown - Assonet Bristol SAILS
James White Memorial Library [128] Freetown - East Freetown Bristol SAILS
Levi Heywood Memorial Library [129] Gardner Worcester
Peabody Library [130] Georgetown Essex MVLC
Slate Memorial Library [131] Gill Franklin
Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library [132] Gloucester Essex NOBLE
Goshen Free Public Library [133] Goshen Hampshire
Cuttyhunk Public Library Gosnold Dukes
Grafton Public Library [134] Grafton Worcester
Granby Free Public Library [135] Granby Hampshire
Granville Public Library [136] Granville Hampden
Great Barrington Libraries [137] Great Barrington Berkshire
Greenfield Public Library [138] Greenfield Franklin
Groton Public Library [139] Groton Middlesex MVLC
Langley-Adams Library [140] Groveland Essex MVLC
Goodwin Memorial Library [141] Hadley Hampshire
Holmes Public Library [142] Halifax Plymouth
Hamilton-Wenham Public Library [143] Hamilton Essex MVLC
Hampden Free Public Library [144] Hampden Hampden
Taylor Memorial Library Hancock Berkshire
John Curtis Free Library [145] Hanover Plymouth OCLN
Hanson Public Library [146] Hanson Plymouth
Gilbertville Public Library Hardwick Worcester
Paige Memorial Library [147] Hardwick Worcester
Harvard Public Library [148] Harvard Worcester
Harwich Port Library Association Harwich Barnstable
Brooks Free Library [149] Harwich Barnstable CLAMS
Chase Library Assoc., Inc. Harwich Barnstable
Hatfield Public Library [150] Hatfield Hampshire
Haverhill Public Library [151] Haverhill Essex MVLC
Heath Free Public Library [152] Heath Franklin
Hingham Public Library [153] Hingham Plymouth OCLN
Hinsdale Public Library [154] Hinsdale Berkshire
Holbrook Public Library [155] Holbrook Norfolk OCLN
Gale Free Library [156] Holden Worcester
Holland Public Library [157] Holland Hampden
Holliston Public Library [158] Holliston Middlesex MLN
Holyoke Public Library [159] Holyoke Hampden
Bancroft Memorial Library [160] Hopedale Worcester
Hopkinton Public Library [161] Hopkinton Middlesex
Hubbardston Public Library [162] Hubbardston Worcester
Hudson Public Library [163] Hudson Middlesex
Hull Public Library [164] Hull Plymouth OCLN
Huntington Public Library [165] Huntington Hampshire
Ipswich Public Library [166] Ipswich Essex MVLC
Kingston Public Library [167] Kingston Plymouth OCLN
Lakeville Free Public Library [168] Lakeville Plymouth SAILS
Thayer Memorial Library [169] Lancaster Worcester
Lanesborough Public Library [170] Lanesborough Berkshire
Lawrence Public Library [171] Lawrence Essex MVLC
Lee Library Association [172] Lee Berkshire
Leicester Public Library [173] Leicester Worcester
Lenox Library Association [174] Lenox Berkshire
Leominster Public Library [175] Leominster Worcester
Leverett Library [176] Leverett Franklin
Cary Memorial Library [177] Lexington Middlesex MLN
Robertson Memorial Library [178] Leyden Franklin
Lincoln Public Library [179] Lincoln Middlesex MLN
Reuben Hoar Library [180] Littleton Middlesex MVLC
Richard Salter Storrs Library [181] Longmeadow Hampden
Samuel S. Pollard Memorial Library [182] Lowell Middlesex MVLC
Hubbard Memorial Library [183] Ludlow Hampden
Lunenburg Public Library [184] Lunenburg Worcester
Lynn Public Library [185] Lynn Essex NOBLE
Lynnfield Public Library [186] Lynnfield Essex NOBLE
Malden Public Library [187] Malden Middlesex MBLN
Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library [188] Manchester-by-the-Sea Essex MVLC
Mansfield Public Library [189] Mansfield Bristol
Abbot Public Library [190] Marblehead Essex NOBLE
Elizabeth Taber Library [191] Marion Plymouth
Marlborough Public Library [192] Marlborough Middlesex
Ventress Memorial Library [193] Marshfield Plymouth OCLN
Mashpee Public Library [194] Mashpee Barnstable CLAMS
Mattapoisett Free Public Library [195] Mattapoisett Plymouth SAILS
Maynard Public Library [196] Maynard Middlesex MLN
Medfield Public Library [197] Medfield Norfolk MLN
Medford Public Library [198] Medford Middlesex MLN
Medway Public Library [199] Medway Norfolk MLN
Melrose Public Library [200] Melrose Middlesex NOBLE
Taft Public Library [201] Mendon Worcester
Merrimac Public Library [202] Merrimac Essex MVLC
Nevins Memorial Library [203] Methuen Essex MVLC
Middleborough Public Library [204] Middleborough Plymouth
Middlefield Public Library Middlefield Hampshire
Flint Public Library [205] Middleton Essex MVLC
Milford Town Library [206] Milford Worcester
Millbury Public Library [207] Millbury Worcester
Millis Public Library [208] Millis Norfolk MLN
Millville Free Public Library [209] Millville Worcester
Milton Public Library [210] Milton Norfolk OCLN
Monroe Public Library Monroe Franklin
Monson Free Library and Reading Room Association [211] Monson Hampden
Montague Public Libraries: Carnegie Public Library [212] Montague Franklin
Monterey Library [213] Monterey Berkshire
Grace Hall Memorial Library Montgomery Hampden
Mount Washington Library Mount Washington Berkshire
Nahant Public Library [214] Nahant Essex
Nantucket Atheneum [215] Nantucket Nantucket CLAMS
Bacon Free Library [216] Natick Middlesex MLN
Morse Institute Library [217] Natick Middlesex MLN
Needham Free Public Library [218] Needham Norfolk MLN
New Bedford Free Public Library [219] New Bedford Bristol SAILS
Leroy Pollard Memorial Library New Braintree Worcester
New Marlborough Town Library [220] New Marlborough Berkshire
New Salem Public Library New Salem Franklin
Newbury Town Library [221] Newbury Essex MVLC
Newburyport Public Library [222] Newburyport Essex MVLC
Newton Free Library [223] Newton Middlesex MLN
Norfolk Public Library [224] Norfolk Norfolk
North Adams Public Library [225] North Adams Berkshire
Stevens Memorial Library [226] North Andover Essex MVLC
Richards Memorial Library [227] North Attleborough Bristol
Haston Free Public Library [228] North Brookfield Worcester
Ames Free Library [229] North Easton Bristol
Flint Memorial Library [230] North Reading Middlesex MVLC
Northborough Free Library [231] Northborough Worcester
Whitinsville Social Library [232] Northbridge Worcester
Dickinson Memorial Library [233] Northfield Franklin
Field Library Northfield Franklin
Forbes Library [234] Northampton Hampshire
Lilly Library [235] Northampton Hampshire
Norton Public Library [236] Norton Bristol
Norwell Public Library [237] Norwell Plymouth OCLN
Morrill Memorial Library [238] Norwood Norfolk MLN
Oak Bluffs Public Library [239] Oak Bluffs Dukes CLAMS
Fobes Memorial Library [240] Oakham Worcester
Wheeler Memorial Library [241] Orange Franklin
Snow Library [242] Orleans Barnstable CLAMS
Otis Library and Museum [243] Otis Berkshire
Oxford Free Public Library [244] Oxford Worcester
Palmer Public Library [245] Palmer Hampden
Richards Memorial Library [246] Paxton Worcester
Peabody Institute Library [247] Peabody Essex NOBLE
Pelham Library [248] Pelham Hampshire
Pembroke Public Library [249] Pembroke Plymouth
Pepperell: Lawrence Library [250] Pepperell Middlesex
Peru Library [251] Peru Berkshire
Petersham Memorial Library [252] Petersham Worcester
Phillips Free Public Library [253] Phillipston Worcester
Berkshire Athenaeum [254] Pittsfield Berkshire
Shaw Memorial Library [255] Plainfield Hampshire
Plainville Public Library [256] Plainville Norfolk
Plymouth Public Library [257] Plymouth Plymouth OCLN
Plympton Public Library [258] Plympton Plymouth
Princeton Public Library [259] Princeton Worcester
Provincetown Public Library [260] Provincetown Barnstable CLAMS
Thomas Crane Public Library [261] Quincy Norfolk OCLN
Turner Free Library [262] Randolph Norfolk OCLN
Raynham Public Library [263] Raynham Bristol
Reading Public Library [264] Reading Middlesex NOBLE
Blanding Free Public Library [265] Rehoboth Bristol
Revere Public Library [266] Revere Suffolk NOBLE
Richmond Free Public Library [267] Richmond Berkshire
Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library [268] Rochester Plymouth
Rockland Memorial Library [269] Rockland Plymouth OCLN
Rockport Public Library [270] Rockport Essex MVLC
Rowe Town Library [271] Rowe Franklin
Rowley Public Library [272] Rowley Essex MVLC
Phinehas S. Newton Library [273] Royalston Worcester
Russell Public Library [274] Russell Hampden
Rutland Free Public Library [275] Rutland Worcester
Salem Public Library [276] Salem Essex NOBLE
Salisbury Public Library [277] Salisbury Essex MVLC
Sandisfield Free Public Library [278] Sandisfield Berkshire
Sandwich Free Public Library [279] Sandwich Barnstable OCLN
Saugus Public Library [280] Saugus Essex NOBLE
Savoy Hollow Library Savoy Berkshire
Scituate Town Library [281] Scituate Plymouth OCLN
Seekonk Public Library [282] Seekonk Bristol
Sharon Public Library [283] Sharon Norfolk OCLN
Bushnell-Sage Library [284] Sheffield Berkshire
Shelburne Free Public Library [285] Shelburne Franklin
Arms Library [286] Shelburne Franklin
Sherborn Library [287] Sherborn Middlesex MLN
Hazen Memorial Library [288] Shirley Middlesex
Shrewsbury Free Public Library [289] Shrewsbury Worcester
M. N. Spear Memorial Library [290] Shutesbury Franklin
Somerset Public Library [291] Somerset Bristol
Somerville Public Library Central Library, West Branch [292] Somerville Middlesex MLN
South Hadley Public Library [293] South Hadley Hampshire
Gaylord Memorial Library [294] South Hadley Hampshire
Edwards Public Library [295] Southampton Hampshire
Southborough Library [296] Southborough Worcester
Jacob Edwards Library [297] Southbridge Worcester
Southwick Public Library [298] Southwick Hampden
Richard Sugden Public Library [299] Spencer Worcester
Springfield City Library [300] Springfield Hampden
Conant Public Library [301] Sterling Worcester
Stockbridge Library Association [302] Stockbridge Berkshire
Stoneham Public Library [303] Stoneham Middlesex NOBLE
Stoughton Public Library [304] Stoughton Norfolk OCLN
Randall Library [305] Stow Middlesex MLN
Joshua Hyde Public Library [306] Sturbridge Worcester
Goodnow Library [307] Sudbury Middlesex MLN
Sunderland Public Library [308] Sunderland Franklin
Sutton Free Public Library [309] Sutton Worcester
Swampscott Public Library [310] Swampscott Essex NOBLE
Swansea Free Public Library [311] Swansea Bristol
Taunton Public Library [312] Taunton Bristol
Boynton Public Library [313] Templeton Worcester
Tewksbury Public Library [314] Tewksbury Middlesex MVLC
Vineyard Haven Public Library [315] Tisbury - Vineyard Haven Dukes CLAMS
Tolland Public Library [316] Tolland Hampden
Topsfield Town Library [317] Topsfield Essex MVLC
Townsend Public Library [318] Townsend Middlesex
Truro Public Library [319] Truro Barnstable CLAMS
Tyngsborough Public Library [320] Tyngsborough Middlesex MVLC
Tyringham Free Public Library [321] Tyringham Berkshire
Upton Town Library [322] Upton Worcester
Uxbridge Free Public Library [323] Uxbridge Worcester
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library [324] Wakefield Middlesex NOBLE
Wales Public Library [325] Wales Hampden
Walpole Public Library [326] Walpole Norfolk OCLN
Waltham Public Library [327] Waltham Middlesex MLN
Young Men's Library Association [328] Ware Hampshire
Wareham Free Library [329] Wareham Plymouth
Warren Public Library [330] Warren Worcester
West Warren Library Association [331] Warren Worcester
Warwick Free Public Library [332] Warwick Franklin
Watertown Free Public Library [333] Watertown Middlesex MLN
Wayland Free Public Library [334] Wayland Middlesex MLN
Chester C. Corbin Public Library [335] Webster Worcester
Wellesley Free Library [336] Wellesley Norfolk MLN
Wellfleet Public Library [337] Wellfleet Barnstable CLAMS
Wendell Free Library [338] Wendell Franklin
Beaman Memorial Public Library [339] West Boylston Worcester
West Bridgewater Public Library [340] West Bridgewater Plymouth
Merriam-Gilbert Public Library [341] West Brookfield Worcester
G. A. R. Memorial Library [342] West Newbury Essex MVLC
West Springfield Public Library [343] West Springfield Hampden
West Stockbridge Public Library [344] West Stockbridge Berkshire
West Tisbury Free Public Library [345] West Tisbury Dukes CLAMS
Westborough Public Library [346] Westborough Worcester
Westfield Athenaeum [347] Westfield Hampden
J. V. Fletcher Library [348] Westford Middlesex MVLC
Westhampton Memorial Library [349] Westhampton Hampshire
Forbush Memorial Library [350] Westminster Worcester
Weston Public Library [351] Weston Middlesex MLN
Westport Free Public Library [352] Westport Bristol
Westwood Public Library [353] Westwood Norfolk MLN
Weymouth Public Libraries
(Tufts, Franklin Pratt, Fogg, & North Branches) 		[354] Weymouth Norfolk OCLN
S. White Dickinson Memorial Library [355] Whately Franklin
Whitman Public Library [356] Whitman Plymouth OCLN
Wilbraham Public Library [357] Wilbraham Hampden
Meekins Library [358] Williamsburg Hampshire
David and Joyce Milne Public Library [359] Williamstown Berkshire
Wilmington Memorial Library [360] Wilmington Middlesex MVLC
Beals Memorial Library [361] Winchendon Worcester
Winchester Public Library [362] Winchester Middlesex MLN
Windsor Free Public Library Windsor Berkshire
Winthrop Public Library [363] Winthrop Suffolk NOBLE
Woburn Public Library [364] Woburn Middlesex MLN
Worcester Public Library [365] Worcester Worcester
Worthington Library [366] Worthington Hampshire
Fiske Public Library [367] Wrentham Norfolk
Yarmouth Port Library [368] Yarmouth - Yarmouth Port Barnstable CLAMS
Yarmouth Town Libraries South Yarmouth, West Yarmouth [369] Yarmouth Barnstable CLAMS

The majority (but not all) of the libraries without a consortium link, in the following counties, belong to:

  • Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and Worcester - C/W MARS Member List
  • Bristol, Norfolk and Plymouth - SAILS Library Network Member List

There are also a small number of libraries on the MassCat system. Member List

See also

Further reading

  • Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts. v.1-8 (1891–1898); v.9 (1899); v.10-18 (1900–1908); v.19-24 (1909–1914); v.25-27 (1915–1917); v.28-51 (1918–1940).
  • Massachusetts Board of Free Public Library Commissioners. Free public library buildings of Massachusetts: a roll of honor, 1918. Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Public libraries in Massachusetts.
  • Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Find a Library Near You (directory)
  • Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Massachusetts Library Directory
  • Massachusetts Library Association
  • Massachusetts Friends of Libraries
  • Boston Regional Library System
  • Cape and Islands Libraries Automated Materials Sharing
  • Metrowest MA Regional Library System
  • Southeastern Massachusetts Library System
  • Western Massachusetts Regional Library System
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