Hours and Directions

Library Hours September-mid June
Main Library
Monday-Thursday: 9am-9pm
Friday & Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: Closed
Children’s Department
Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday: 9am-5pm
Tuesday: 12pm-9pm
Thursday: 9am-9pm
Sunday: Closed
Library Hours mid June-August for All Departments
Monday, Wednesday-Friday: 9am-5pm
Tuesday: 9am-8pm
Saturday & Sunday: Closed

 

  The Library is closed on all legal holidays. Hours are subject to change. Please visit our events calendar for program and holiday closure information.

Library Holidays include:

  • New Year’s Eve (close at 12pm)
  • New Year’s Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Presidents’ Day
  • Patriots Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day
  • Veterans’ Day
  • Thanksgiving (Wed at 12pm through Friday)
  • Christmas Eve (close at 12pm)
  • Christmas Day

 

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Directions From Boston:

Take Route 1 North (Mystic River or Tobin Bridge) to C-1 Revere/Lynn exit. Follow C-1 to rotary. Start left around the rotary then right on to Route 107. Follow 107 (Western Ave. in Lynn) past the General Electric Company. From this point, continue to the fifth set of traffic lights. Turn right on to Franklin Street. Just beyond the next set of lights, on the right is the library (parking lot and rear entrance). The library is a large granite building located at the junction of Franklin and North Common Streets.

From 128 North:

Take Route 129, exit 44B, (Lynn, Swampscott). Follow Route 129 for about two miles to Broadway (road widens). Follow Broadway to second set of lights. Bear right on to Boston Street. Continue to the Super Stop and Shop. At the next lights, take a left on to Franklin Street. Follow Franklin Street past two sets of lights. Just beyond on the right is the library (parking lot and rear entrance). The library is a large granite building located at the junction of Franklin and North Common Streets.