Beverly Public Library

Library Hours

Monday-Thursday 9-9
Friday and Saturday 9-5
Sundays 1-5, Holiday Closings

The Library will be closed Saturday, May 24 through Monday, May 26
in observance of Memorial Day.

Support Our Bookmobile Fundraiser

Our current Bookmobile is in terrible disrepair and the city does not have the money to purchase a new one which will cost $125,000-$150,000. We need the entire community to help with this ambitious project!

Do you have any old family photographs? How about pictures of the way Beverly used to look 10, 20, or 100 years ago? Are you the keeper of photos that no one knows when they were taken or even sure who they are? On May 31st, the Beverly Public Library will be hosting a very special event "Preserving the Past, Funding the Future". It will be an all day event on photographs as the bridge to both our past and our future, and on building community through them. Speakers will include the nationally known “Photo Detective” Maureen Taylor, and About.com’s expert on photograph preservation, David Mishkin. In addition, the library will run a scanning laboratory that day, allowing you to bring in photographs and have them scanned to a CD, making it easier for you to share with others or just feel secure in having a digitized copy you can keep in a safe place. This special day is a fundraiser for Beverly Library’s own antique, the Bookmobile, so there will be a small fee to attend. A complete schedule of the day's events and the registration form are available online.

And you can still support our fundraiser by bringing your returnable bottles and cans to the Beverly Bottle & Can Redemption Center at 54 West Dane Street in Beverly and asking that the money be donated to the Bookmobile fund.

If you would like to send in a donation, please make checks payable to the Friends of the Beverly Public Library. They can be mailed to the Library at 32 Essex Street, Beverly, MA 01915. You can also donate online at Firstgiving.com.

Spring Book Sale Schedule

Saturday, May 3: 9am-5pm
Sunday, May 4: 1pm-4pm
Monday, May 5: 9pm-9pm
Tuesday, May 6: 9pm-9pm
Wednesday, May 7: 9pm-9pm
Thursday, May 8: 9pm-9pm
Friday, May 9: 9pm-5pm
Saturday, May 10: 9am-5pm
Sunday, May 11: 1pm-5pm

Poetry Contest Winners Announced

Congratulations to all of the winners from our 12th Annual Poetry Contest! We had many deserving entries and a most difficult time choosing the winning poems. A complete list of all winners is available here.

Genealogy Workshops

Starting March 2, the Beverly Public Library will be offering a 9-session course on how to conduct genealogy research. You will learn how to find and use vital records, immigration and naturalization records, court records and local records. You will learn how to organize what you find and keep track of where you found it as well as discovering how to access the wealth of records that are NOT on the internet, you will also get tips on how to maximize the results you can get online. Sponsored by the Friends of the Beverly Public Library, this course is offered at NO COST to participants. The 9-week schedule is available here.