Exhibits & Displays

Would you like to exhibit your work at the library?
Submit an application for review by our exhibit committee. For more information, check our Exhibit & Display Policy.

Enjoy monthly art exhibits

in the Coletti Reading Room on the first floor of the Main Library, plus permanent and periodic displays of documents, photographs, artifacts, and ephemera in the display cases at the Main Library.

Current Exhibit

The Preservation Movement Then & Now
Peruse an engaging panel exhibition that traces the history of the preservation movement in New England, on view from June 4 to 28, 2013.

Ken Turino of Historic New England discusses the group's mission and the photos that will be on exhibit throughout the month of June at the library.

Permanent Displays

(Located on the top floor of the Main Library)

F. Wesley Fuller Geological Specimens Collection

Fuller, a Quincy native and granite man, accumulated this collection over a period of many years. It was presented to the library in 1954.

Claflin Mineral Collection

Charles A. Claflin traveled thousands of miles collecting his minerals and spent 25 years in the process. In his collection, he had in mind primarily beauty- beauty of color and beauty of crystallization.