About the Morse Institute Library
The Morse Institute Library was born of the legacy of Mary Ann Morse. The library opened its doors to the public on January 1, 1874 with a collection of 11,700 books. The original building was restored and incorporated into the spacious new addition completed in 1997. Follow this link for more history of the Morse Institute.Today the Morse Institute Library offers 17 public Internet stations, WiFi and a collection of over 190,000 items including books, music CDs, books on CD, DVDs, newspapers and magazines and musuem passes. The library hosts a wealth of ongoing events, exhibits and programs for children, teens and adults, and offers meeting spaces and study rooms for public use.
As members of the Minuteman Library Network and as residents of Massachusetts, Morse Institute Library patrons have access to extensive reference help, a host of online databases and easy interlibrary borrowing from other libraries.