Acton
Memorial
Library


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NEWS from the Library!

* "Wild Reads" Summer Reading Program underway in the Children's Department
* Read today’s complete Boston Globe and New York Times Online!
* For a list of new items added to the collection, visit our Collections page.
* The library is closed on Sunday until September 7, and open 9-12 on Saturday through August 23. For complete summer hours click here.
* Library dedicates exhibit
* Auto repair database available
* Reuters Investment Reports available
* Upgrades to the Minuteman Catalog
* Online test preparation materials available
* Due date reminder notices delivered via e-mail
* College courses on audio CD
* Going on vacation? Stop your requests from being filled
* Database with 14 million businesses searchable at home
* New web-based genealogy tools

History

William Allan Wilde gave the Acton Memorial Library to the Town as a memorial to its Civil War veterans in 1890. The building was expanded in 1967, and a second major expansion and renovation was completed in 1999.

Location

The Acton Memorial Library is located at 486 Main St. (Rte. 27) in Acton Center. Take Route 2 to Exit 42 onto Route 27, heading North. The Library is 1 mile on the left next to the Town Hall, across from the monument on the Town green.

The Library has several meeting and study rooms. For room reservation policies and floor plans of the Library, please click here

Parking

Parking is available behind Town Hall. To access the parking lot turn left from Rte. 27 onto Woodbury Lane (directly across the street from the Monument in Acton Center). Handicapped parking is in the upper lot behind Town Hall and the Library.

2008 Summer hours

Sunday: closed through September 7
Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday through June 14: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday June 21-August 23 : 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

The library will be closed Monday May 26 in observance of Memorial Day; closed Friday July 4 and Saturday July 5 in observance of Independence Day; and closed Saturday August 30 through Monday September 1 for Labor Day weekend.

Please check the library's Events Calendar for updates to the library's hours
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