Visit the library in person
After two years of renovations, we are back at 53 Marlborough Street! We would love to have you come and visit us during our soft reopening hours, which you can find on the homepage of our website.
While our new furniture and full collection (of over 30,000 items) will not be back on the shelves until the fall of 2022, you are welcome to come meet your librarian Sonia at the circulation desk, browse and check out items in person from our temporary collection, which is back in the building! The catalog can be accessed here.
In the fall, the library will also serve once more as event space for our conversation groups, author talks, story times, and book clubs.
Online library events
Many of our events are still online, like our Alors… conversation soirees, author talks, and monthly book club. You can find more information about those on the Events tab. Our weekly l’heure du conte happens live on instagram and Facebook every Wednesday at 3:30PM but is also slowly transitioning to be back in person! Past storytimes can be accessed on instagram here and Facebook here. If you’d like to request themes for future events, you can reach out to the librarian at librarian@frenchculturalcenter.org
Borrow by mail
If you can’t make it to Back Bay, we have other ways to get books into your hands: we can send you your items via USPS mail. In order to take advantage of this borrowing method, please call our reception at 617.912.0400 to pre-pay a shipping fee of $10, which can likely be used for multiple shipments of checkouts depending on the weight of your order. Items will be shipped using media mail which starts at $2.89 and is the most cost-effective way to get books to you. Returns can either be done by mail or in person.
