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Locations & Hours

Main Library

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Address: 

40 Washington St.
Quincy, MA 02169
617-376-1301

Library Hours: 

Mon-Thu 9am-9pm
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Sun 1-5pm

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North Quincy

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Address: 

381 Hancock St.
Quincy, MA 02171
617-376-1320

Library Hours: 

Mon-Thu 1-5pm
Fri-Sun Closed

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 Contact

617-376-1320 (adult)
617-376-1321 (children)

Directions

Accessibility
The North Quincy Branch has designated handicapped parking spaces in the library parking lot and automatic door openers. The building is accessible to users with mobility impairments and has an accessible bathroom. Some areas of the building are not accessible and require staff assistance.

Branch Programs

Adams Shore

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519 Sea Street
Quincy, MA 02169
617-376-1325

Library Hours: 

Mon-Thu 1pm-5pm
Fri-Sun Closed

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Directions

Contact

617-376-1325 (adult)
617-376-1326 (children)

Directions

Accessibility
The Adams Shore Branch has designated handicapped parking spaces in the library parking lot and automatic door openers. The building is accessible to users with mobility impairments but has no accessible bathrooms.

Branch Programs
For Children

Wollaston

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Address: 

41 Beale St.
Quincy, MA 02170
617-376-1330

Library Hours: 

Mon-Thu 1pm-5pm
Fri-Sun Closed

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Directions

Contact

617-376-1330

Directions

Accessibility
The Wollaston Branch is not accessible to users with mobility impairments. If mobility impairment prevents use of any service at Wollaston Branch, users may request service at the Main Library, which is fully accessible.

Branch Programs

For Children

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Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Dickens

Happy 200th, Charles Dickens.  Arguably the greatest Victorian novelist, Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth, England.  Dickens is best known for his works such as A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist.  He was also a great traveler and visited the United States two times, during which visits he spent a significant amount of time in the Boston area visiting the likes of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  Learn more about his life in the recent biography Charles Dickens: A Life by Clai

Julian Barnes Wins 2011 Man Booker Prize

London-based author Julian Barnes has won this year's Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sense of an Ending.  The book is a story of a seemingly ordinary man who, when revisiting his past in later life, discovers that the memories he holds are less than perfect.  This was Barnes' eleventh novel.  Check Our Catalog

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