Hours & Admission

The Mary Baker Eddy Library
200 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
1-617-450-7000 or 1-888-222-3711

HOURS OF OPERATION

Exhibits and Shop
Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday Closed
Last Mapparium^® show at 3:40 p.m.

“Quotes”^® café
Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Lending and Reference Services
Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Closed Sunday, Monday, and holidays
*Call 617-450-7325 or e-mail reference@marybakereddylibrary.org

Research Room
Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Open first Saturday of each month, by appointment only*
Closed Sunday, Monday, and holidays
*Call 617-450-7218 or e-mail research@marybakereddylibrary.org

Holiday Hours
The Mary Baker Eddy Library will be closed for the following holidays:

• New Year’s Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Presidents’ Day
• Patriots’ Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Eve Day
• Christmas Day

Also closed on Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Please call the Library for exact information, including operating hours, before visiting on a specific holiday.

EXHIBIT ADMISSION FEES**

• General Admission - $6.00
• Seniors (62 and over), Students (with ID), Youth (6-17) - $4.00
• Children under 6 and Friends of the Library - Free
• Youth, Student, and Senior Groups (15 or more) - $3.00/person†
• Tour Groups (15 or more) - $4.00/person†
  †See Group Visits

**Admission required for Mapparium and Quest Gallery. All other spaces in the Library are free, including Lending and Reference Services, Research Room, Quotes café, and Shop.

The Library accepts Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express; all checks should be made payable to The Mary Baker Eddy Library.

PARKING
Limited $7 parking is available to visitors of the Library. Entrance to the underground lot is near the intersection of Huntington and Massachusetts Avenues, next to Horticultural Hall.

Paid public parking garages are also available in the Prudential Center and on Westland Avenue (near Symphony Hall), and there is limited street parking in the area.

Buses can drop off tour groups in front of the Library on Massachusetts Avenue and park on Huntington Avenue alongside the Christian Science Plaza.

ACCESSIBILITY
The Library entrance is street accessible. Library exhibits are wheelchair accessible. Elevators are located in the Hall of Ideas and provide access to all spaces. The Library provides wheelchairs for use on a first-come, first-served basis, free of charge—please ask for assistance at the coat check. Companions for manual wheelchair users and for those who require assistance in reading wall text and/or object labels are admitted free of charge. Baby-changing stations are located in the Library’s second floor restroom.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, e-mail the Library at librarymail@marybakereddylibrary.org, call 1-617-450-7000 or 1-888-222-3711, or write to us at The Mary Baker Eddy Library, 200 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.

For a PDF download of the visitor brochure with an overview of the Library’s exhibits including the Mapparium, please click Mary Baker Eddy Library Mapparium brochure.