Connecting the Community: An Exhibition at the Concord Free Public Library

Visit “Connecting the Community: An Exhibition to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Concord Free Public Library,” Oct. 1 – Dec. 22nd in the (newly-renovated) Art Gallery at the Main Library, a special exhibition curated by the William Munroe Special Collections, highlighting the history of the Library’s buildings, services, and staff. Special Collections will also feature a display on early circulation procedures and a selection of books checked out to Concord residents, including Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, in the first decade of the Library’s operation. The art displayed at the Concord Museum for the exhibition “A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library” will be back home at the Library.