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		Abington	Plymouth		OCLN
Acton Memorial Library		Acton	Middlesex		MLN
West Acton Citizens' Library		Acton	Middlesex
Russell Memorial Library		Acushnet	Bristol		SAILS
Adams Free Library		Adams	Berkshire
Agawam Public Library		Agawam	Hampden
Alford Library		Alford	Berkshire
Amesbury Public Library		Amesbury	Essex		MVLC
Jones Library, Inc.		Amherst	Hampshire
Memorial Hall Library		Andover	Essex		MVLC
Aquinnah Public Library		Aquinnah	Dukes		CLAMS
Robbins Library		Arlington	Middlesex		MLN
Stevens Memorial Library		Ashburnham	Worcester
Ashby Free Public Library		Ashby	Middlesex
Belding Memorial Library		Ashfield	Franklin
Ashland Public Library		Ashland	Middlesex		MLN
Athol Public Library		Athol	Worcester
Attleboro Public Library		Attleboro	Bristol
Auburn Public Library		Auburn	Worcester
Avon Public Library		Avon	Norfolk		OCLN
Ayer Public Library		Ayer	Middlesex
Centerville Public Library		Barnstable - Centerville	Barnstable		CLAMS
Cotuit Library		Barnstable - Cotuit	Barnstable		CLAMS
Hyannis Public Library Association		Barnstable - Hyannis	Barnstable		CLAMS
Marstons Mills Public Library		Barnstable - Marstons Mills	Barnstable		CLAMS
Osterville Village Library		Barnstable - Osterville	Barnstable		CLAMS
Sturgis Library		Barnstable - Barnstable	Barnstable		CLAMS
Whelden Memorial Library		Barnstable - West Barnstable	Barnstable		CLAMS
Woods Memorial Library		Barre	Worcester
Becket Athenaeum, Inc.		Becket	Berkshire
Bedford Free Public Library		Bedford	Middlesex		MLN
Clapp Memorial Library		Belchertown	Hampshire
Bellingham Public Library		Bellingham	Norfolk
Belmont Public Library		Belmont	Middlesex		MLN
Berkley Public Library		Berkley	Bristol		SAILS
Berlin Public Library		Berlin	Worcester
Cushman Library		Bernardston	Franklin
Beverly Public Library		Beverly	Essex		NOBLE
Billerica Public Library		Billerica	Middlesex		MVLC
Blackstone Public Library		Blackstone	Worcester
Porter Memorial Library		Blandford	Hampden
Bolton Public Library		Bolton	Worcester
Boston Public Library		Boston	Suffolk		MBLN
Jonathan Bourne Public Library		Bourne	Barnstable		CLAMS
Sargent Memorial Library		Boxborough	Middlesex
Boxford Town Library		Boxford	Essex		MVLC
Boylston Public Library		Boylston	Worcester
Thayer Public Library	[usurped]	Braintree	Norfolk		OCLN
Brewster Ladies' Library		Brewster	Barnstable		CLAMS
Bridgewater Public Library		Bridgewater	Plymouth
Brimfield Public Library		Brimfield	Hampden
Brockton Public Library		Brockton	Plymouth		OCLN
Merrick Public Library		Brookfield	Worcester
Public Library of Brookline		Brookline	Norfolk		MLN
Buckland Public Library		Buckland	Franklin
Burlington Public Library		Burlington	Middlesex		MVLC
Cambridge Public Library		Cambridge	Middlesex		MLN
Canton Public Library		Canton	Norfolk		OCLN
Gleason Public Library		Carlisle	Middlesex		MVLC
Carver Public Library		Carver	Plymouth
Tyler Memorial Library		Charlemont	Franklin
Charlton Public Library		Charlton	Worcester
Eldredge Public Library		Chatham	Barnstable		CLAMS
South Chatham Public Library		Chatham	Barnstable
Chelmsford Public Library		Chelmsford	Middlesex		MVLC
Chelsea Public Library		Chelsea	Suffolk		MBLN
Cheshire Public Library		Cheshire	Berkshire
Hamilton Memorial Library		Chester	Hampden
Chesterfield Public Library		Chesterfield	Hampshire
Chicopee Public Library		Chicopee	Hampden
Chilmark Free Public Library		Chilmark	Dukes		CLAMS
Clarksburg Town Library		Clarksburg	Berkshire
Bigelow Free Public Library		Clinton	Worcester
Paul Pratt Memorial Library		Cohasset	Norfolk		OCLN
Griswold Memorial Library		Colrain	Franklin
Concord Free Public Library		Concord	Middlesex		MLN
Field Memorial Library		Conway	Franklin
Bryant Free Library		Cummington	Hampshire
Dalton Free Public Library		Dalton	Berkshire
Peabody Institute Library		Danvers	Essex		NOBLE
Dartmouth Public Libraries		Dartmouth	Bristol
Dedham Public Library		Dedham	Norfolk		MLN
Tilton Library		Deerfield	Franklin
Dennis Memorial Library Association		Dennis - Dennis	Barnstable		CLAMS
Dennis Public Library		Dennis - Dennis Port	Barnstable		CLAMS
Jacob Sears Memorial Library		Dennis - East Dennis	Barnstable		CLAMS
South Dennis Free Public Library		Dennis - South Dennis	Barnstable		CLAMS
West Dennis Free Public Library		Dennis - West Dennis	Barnstable		CLAMS
Dighton Public Library		Dighton	Bristol
Simon Fairfield Public Library		Douglas	Worcester
Dover Town Library		Dover	Norfolk		MLN
Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library		Dracut	Middlesex		MVLC
Pearle L. Crawford Memorial Library		Dudley	Worcester
Dunstable Free Public Library		Dunstable	Middlesex		MVLC
Duxbury Free Library		Duxbury	Plymouth		OCLN
East Bridgewater Public Library		East Bridgewater	Plymouth
East Brookfield Public Library		East Brookfield	Worcester
East Longmeadow Public Library		East Longmeadow	Hampden
Eastham Public Library		Eastham	Barnstable		CLAMS
Emily Williston Memorial Library		Easthampton	Hampshire
Ames Free Library		Easton	Bristol
Edgartown Free Public Library		Edgartown	Dukes		CLAMS
Egremont Free Library		Egremont	Berkshire
Erving Public Library		Erving	Franklin
T.O.H.P. Burnham Free Library		Essex	Essex		MVLC
Everett Public Libraries		Everett	Middlesex		NOBLE
Millicent Library		Fairhaven	Bristol
Fall River Public Library		Fall River	Bristol
Falmouth Public Library		Falmouth	Barnstable		CLAMS
West Falmouth Library		Falmouth - West Falmouth	Barnstable		CLAMS
Woods Hole Public Library		Falmouth - Woods Hole	Barnstable		CLAMS
Fitchburg Public Library		Fitchburg	Worcester
Florida Free Library		Florida	Berkshire
Boyden Library		Foxborough	Norfolk
Framingham Public Library		Framingham	Middlesex		MLN
Franklin Public Library		Franklin	Norfolk		MLN
Guilford H. Hathaway Library		Freetown - Assonet	Bristol		SAILS
James White Memorial Library		Freetown - East Freetown	Bristol		SAILS
Levi Heywood Memorial Library		Gardner	Worcester
Peabody Library		Georgetown	Essex		MVLC
Slate Memorial Library		Gill	Franklin
Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library		Gloucester	Essex		NOBLE
Goshen Free Public Library		Goshen	Hampshire
Cuttyhunk Public Library		Gosnold	Dukes
Grafton Public Library		Grafton	Worcester
Granby Free Public Library		Granby	Hampshire
Granville Public Library		Granville	Hampden
Great Barrington Libraries		Great Barrington	Berkshire
Greenfield Public Library		Greenfield	Franklin
Groton Public Library		Groton	Middlesex		MVLC
Langley-Adams Library		Groveland	Essex		MVLC
Goodwin Memorial Library		Hadley	Hampshire
Holmes Public Library		Halifax	Plymouth
Hamilton-Wenham Public Library		Hamilton	Essex		MVLC
Hampden Free Public Library		Hampden	Hampden
Taylor Memorial Library		Hancock	Berkshire
John Curtis Free Library		Hanover	Plymouth		OCLN
Hanson Public Library		Hanson	Plymouth
Gilbertville Public Library		Hardwick	Worcester
Paige Memorial Library		Hardwick	Worcester
Harvard Public Library		Harvard	Worcester
Harwich Port Library Association		Harwich	Barnstable
Brooks Free Library		Harwich	Barnstable		CLAMS
Chase Library Assoc., Inc.		Harwich	Barnstable
Hatfield Public Library		Hatfield	Hampshire
Haverhill Public Library		Haverhill	Essex		MVLC
Heath Free Public Library		Heath	Franklin
Hingham Public Library		Hingham	Plymouth		OCLN
Hinsdale Public Library		Hinsdale	Berkshire
Holbrook Public Library		Holbrook	Norfolk		OCLN
Gale Free Library		Holden	Worcester
Holland Public Library		Holland	Hampden
Holliston Public Library		Holliston	Middlesex		MLN
Holyoke Public Library		Holyoke	Hampden
Bancroft Memorial Library		Hopedale	Worcester
Hopkinton Public Library		Hopkinton	Middlesex
Hubbardston Public Library		Hubbardston	Worcester
Hudson Public Library		Hudson	Middlesex
Hull Public Library		Hull	Plymouth		OCLN
Huntington Public Library		Huntington	Hampshire
Ipswich Public Library		Ipswich	Essex		MVLC
Kingston Public Library		Kingston	Plymouth		OCLN
Lakeville Free Public Library		Lakeville	Plymouth		SAILS
Thayer Memorial Library		Lancaster	Worcester
Lanesborough Public Library		Lanesborough	Berkshire
Lawrence Public Library		Lawrence	Essex		MVLC
Lee Library Association		Lee	Berkshire
Leicester Public Library		Leicester	Worcester
Lenox Library Association		Lenox	Berkshire
Leominster Public Library		Leominster	Worcester
Leverett Library		Leverett	Franklin
Cary Memorial Library		Lexington	Middlesex		MLN
Robertson Memorial Library		Leyden	Franklin
Lincoln Public Library		Lincoln	Middlesex		MLN
Reuben Hoar Library		Littleton	Middlesex		MVLC
Richard Salter Storrs Library		Longmeadow	Hampden
Samuel S. Pollard Memorial Library	[usurped]	Lowell	Middlesex		MVLC
Hubbard Memorial Library		Ludlow	Hampden
Lunenburg Public Library		Lunenburg	Worcester
Lynn Public Library		Lynn	Essex		NOBLE
Lynnfield Public Library		Lynnfield	Essex		NOBLE
Malden Public Library		Malden	Middlesex		MBLN
Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library		Manchester-by-the-Sea	Essex		MVLC
Mansfield Public Library		Mansfield	Bristol
Abbot Public Library		Marblehead	Essex		NOBLE
Elizabeth Taber Library		Marion	Plymouth
Marlborough Public Library		Marlborough	Middlesex
Ventress Memorial Library		Marshfield	Plymouth		OCLN
Mashpee Public Library		Mashpee	Barnstable		CLAMS
Mattapoisett Free Public Library		Mattapoisett	Plymouth		SAILS
Maynard Public Library		Maynard	Middlesex		MLN
Medfield Public Library		Medfield	Norfolk		MLN
Medford Public Library		Medford	Middlesex		MLN
Medway Public Library		Medway	Norfolk		MLN
Melrose Public Library		Melrose	Middlesex		NOBLE
Taft Public Library		Mendon	Worcester
Merrimac Public Library		Merrimac	Essex		MVLC
Nevins Memorial Library		Methuen	Essex		MVLC
Middleborough Public Library		Middleborough	Plymouth
Middlefield Public Library		Middlefield	Hampshire
Flint Public Library		Middleton	Essex		MVLC
Milford Town Library		Milford	Worcester
Millbury Public Library		Millbury	Worcester
Millis Public Library		Millis	Norfolk		MLN
Millville Free Public Library		Millville	Worcester
Milton Public Library		Milton	Norfolk		OCLN
Monroe Public Library		Monroe	Franklin
Monson Free Library and Reading Room Association		Monson	Hampden
Montague Public Libraries: Carnegie Public Library		Montague	Franklin
Monterey Library		Monterey	Berkshire
Grace Hall Memorial Library		Montgomery	Hampden
Mount Washington Library		Mount Washington	Berkshire
Nahant Public Library		Nahant	Essex
Nantucket Atheneum		Nantucket	Nantucket		CLAMS
Bacon Free Library		Natick	Middlesex		MLN
Morse Institute Library		Natick	Middlesex		MLN
Needham Free Public Library		Needham	Norfolk		MLN
New Bedford Free Public Library		New Bedford	Bristol		SAILS
Leroy Pollard Memorial Library		New Braintree	Worcester
New Marlborough Town Library		New Marlborough	Berkshire
New Salem Public Library		New Salem	Franklin
Newbury Town Library		Newbury	Essex		MVLC
Newburyport Public Library		Newburyport	Essex		MVLC
Newton Free Library		Newton	Middlesex		MLN
Norfolk Public Library	[usurped]	Norfolk	Norfolk
North Adams Public Library		North Adams	Berkshire
Stevens Memorial Library		North Andover	Essex		MVLC
Richards Memorial Library		North Attleborough	Bristol
Haston Free Public Library		North Brookfield	Worcester
Ames Free Library		North Easton	Bristol
Flint Memorial Library		North Reading	Middlesex		MVLC
Northborough Free Library		Northborough	Worcester
Whitinsville Social Library		Northbridge	Worcester
Dickinson Memorial Library		Northfield	Franklin
Field Library		Northfield	Franklin
Forbes Library		Northampton	Hampshire
Lilly Library		Northampton	Hampshire
Norton Public Library		Norton	Bristol
Norwell Public Library		Norwell	Plymouth		OCLN
Morrill Memorial Library		Norwood	Norfolk		MLN
Oak Bluffs Public Library		Oak Bluffs	Dukes		CLAMS
Fobes Memorial Library		Oakham	Worcester
Wheeler Memorial Library		Orange	Franklin
Snow Library		Orleans	Barnstable		CLAMS
Otis Library and Museum		Otis	Berkshire
Oxford Free Public Library		Oxford	Worcester
Palmer Public Library		Palmer	Hampden
Richards Memorial Library		Paxton	Worcester
Peabody Institute Library		Peabody	Essex		NOBLE
Pelham Library		Pelham	Hampshire
Pembroke Public Library		Pembroke	Plymouth
Pepperell: Lawrence Library		Pepperell	Middlesex
Peru Library		Peru	Berkshire
Petersham Memorial Library		Petersham	Worcester
Phillips Free Public Library		Phillipston	Worcester
Berkshire Athenaeum		Pittsfield	Berkshire
Shaw Memorial Library		Plainfield	Hampshire
Plainville Public Library		Plainville	Norfolk
Plymouth Public Library		Plymouth	Plymouth		OCLN
Plympton Public Library		Plympton	Plymouth
Princeton Public Library		Princeton	Worcester
Provincetown Public Library		Provincetown	Barnstable		CLAMS
Thomas Crane Public Library		Quincy	Norfolk		OCLN
Turner Free Library		Randolph	Norfolk		OCLN
Raynham Public Library		Raynham	Bristol
Reading Public Library		Reading	Middlesex		NOBLE
Blanding Free Public Library		Rehoboth	Bristol
Revere Public Library		Revere	Suffolk		NOBLE
Richmond Free Public Library		Richmond	Berkshire
Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library		Rochester	Plymouth
Rockland Memorial Library		Rockland	Plymouth		OCLN
Rockport Public Library		Rockport	Essex		MVLC
Rowe Town Library		Rowe	Franklin
Rowley Public Library		Rowley	Essex		MVLC
Phinehas S. Newton Library		Royalston	Worcester
Russell Public Library		Russell	Hampden
Rutland Free Public Library		Rutland	Worcester
Salem Public Library		Salem	Essex		NOBLE
Salisbury Public Library		Salisbury	Essex		MVLC
Sandisfield Free Public Library		Sandisfield	Berkshire
Sandwich Free Public Library		Sandwich	Barnstable		OCLN
Saugus Public Library		Saugus	Essex		NOBLE
Savoy Hollow Library		Savoy	Berkshire
Scituate Town Library		Scituate	Plymouth		OCLN
Seekonk Public Library		Seekonk	Bristol
Sharon Public Library		Sharon	Norfolk		OCLN
Bushnell-Sage Library		Sheffield	Berkshire
Shelburne Free Public Library		Shelburne	Franklin
Arms Library		Shelburne	Franklin
Sherborn Library		Sherborn	Middlesex		MLN
Hazen Memorial Library		Shirley	Middlesex
Shrewsbury Free Public Library		Shrewsbury	Worcester
M. N. Spear Memorial Library		Shutesbury	Franklin
Somerset Public Library		Somerset	Bristol
Somerville Public Library Central Library, West Branch		Somerville	Middlesex		MLN
South Hadley Public Library		South Hadley	Hampshire
Gaylord Memorial Library		South Hadley	Hampshire
Edwards Public Library		Southampton	Hampshire
Southborough Library		Southborough	Worcester
Jacob Edwards Library		Southbridge	Worcester
Southwick Public Library		Southwick	Hampden
Richard Sugden Public Library		Spencer	Worcester
Springfield City Library		Springfield	Hampden
Conant Public Library		Sterling	Worcester
Stockbridge Library Association		Stockbridge	Berkshire
Stoneham Public Library		Stoneham	Middlesex		NOBLE
Stoughton Public Library	[usurped]	Stoughton	Norfolk		OCLN
Randall Library		Stow	Middlesex		MLN
Joshua Hyde Public Library		Sturbridge	Worcester
Goodnow Library		Sudbury	Middlesex		MLN
Sunderland Public Library		Sunderland	Franklin
Sutton Free Public Library		Sutton	Worcester
Swampscott Public Library		Swampscott	Essex		NOBLE
Swansea Free Public Library		Swansea	Bristol
Taunton Public Library		Taunton	Bristol
Boynton Public Library		Templeton	Worcester
Tewksbury Public Library		Tewksbury	Middlesex		MVLC
Vineyard Haven Public Library		Tisbury - Vineyard Haven	Dukes		CLAMS
Tolland Public Library		Tolland	Hampden
Topsfield Town Library		Topsfield	Essex		MVLC
Townsend Public Library		Townsend	Middlesex
Truro Public Library		Truro	Barnstable		CLAMS
Tyngsborough Public Library		Tyngsborough	Middlesex		MVLC
Tyringham Free Public Library		Tyringham	Berkshire
Upton Town Library		Upton	Worcester
Uxbridge Free Public Library		Uxbridge	Worcester
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library		Wakefield	Middlesex		NOBLE
Wales Public Library		Wales	Hampden
Walpole Public Library		Walpole	Norfolk		OCLN
Waltham Public Library		Waltham	Middlesex		MLN
Young Men's Library Association		Ware	Hampshire
Wareham Free Library		Wareham	Plymouth
Warren Public Library		Warren	Worcester
West Warren Library Association		Warren	Worcester
Warwick Free Public Library		Warwick	Franklin
Watertown Free Public Library		Watertown	Middlesex		MLN
Wayland Free Public Library		Wayland	Middlesex		MLN
Chester C. Corbin Public Library		Webster	Worcester
Wellesley Free Library		Wellesley	Norfolk		MLN
Wellfleet Public Library		Wellfleet	Barnstable		CLAMS
Wendell Free Library		Wendell	Franklin
Beaman Memorial Public Library		West Boylston	Worcester
West Bridgewater Public Library		West Bridgewater	Plymouth
Merriam-Gilbert Public Library		West Brookfield	Worcester
G. A. R. Memorial Library		West Newbury	Essex		MVLC
West Springfield Public Library		West Springfield	Hampden
West Stockbridge Public Library	[usurped]	West Stockbridge	Berkshire
West Tisbury Free Public Library		West Tisbury	Dukes		CLAMS
Westborough Public Library		Westborough	Worcester
Westfield Athenaeum		Westfield	Hampden
J. V. Fletcher Library		Westford	Middlesex		MVLC
Westhampton Memorial Library		Westhampton	Hampshire
Forbush Memorial Library		Westminster	Worcester
Weston Public Library		Weston	Middlesex		MLN
Westport Free Public Library		Westport	Bristol
Westwood Public Library		Westwood	Norfolk		MLN
Weymouth Public Libraries (Tufts, Franklin Pratt, Fogg, & North Branches)		Weymouth	Norfolk		OCLN
S. White Dickinson Memorial Library		Whately	Franklin
Whitman Public Library		Whitman	Plymouth		OCLN
Wilbraham Public Library		Wilbraham	Hampden
Meekins Library		Williamsburg	Hampshire
David and Joyce Milne Public Library		Williamstown	Berkshire
Wilmington Memorial Library		Wilmington	Middlesex		MVLC
Beals Memorial Library		Winchendon	Worcester
Winchester Public Library		Winchester	Middlesex		MLN
Windsor Free Public Library		Windsor	Berkshire
Winthrop Public Library		Winthrop	Suffolk		NOBLE
Woburn Public Library		Woburn	Middlesex		MLN
Worcester Public Library		Worcester	Worcester
Worthington Library		Worthington	Hampshire
Fiske Public Library		Wrentham	Norfolk
Yarmouth Port Library		Yarmouth - Yarmouth Port	Barnstable		CLAMS
Yarmouth Town Libraries South Yarmouth, West Yarmouth		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

• Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing (CLAMS)
• C/W MARS (Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing)
• List of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
• Massachusetts Library System
• Merrimack Valley Library Consortium (MVLC)
• Metro Boston Library Network (MBLN)
• Minuteman Library Network (MLN)
• North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)
• Old Colony Library Network (OCLN)
• SAILS Library Network (SAILS)
• List of libraries in 18th century Massachusetts
• Books in the United States

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

• 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^[usurped]
• Southeastern Massachusetts Library System
• Western Massachusetts Regional Library System