Boston Public Library, McKim Building
Paths outward
- Location
- Boston, United States
- Year
- 1887
- Typology
- Education
- Materials
- Brick, Ceramic, Glass, Marble, Plaster, Steel, Stone, Timber
- Context
- Renaissance Revival Architecture, Modernism, Postmodernism
- Map
- Open location
The Central Library is the main location of the Boston Public Library (BPL), occupying a full city block on Copley Square in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It consists of the McKim Building, designed by Charles Follen McKim, and the Johnson Building, designed by Philip Johnson. The McKim Building, which includes the library's research collection, is designed in the Renaissance Revival and Beaux-Arts styles. The Johnson Building has the circulating and rare-books collections and is designed in the Brutalist style. The library has 4 million annual visitors as of 2024.
