The Abbot Public Library Foundation has launched a new campaign with an insert featured in the October 14 issue of Marblehead Weekly News: "The Abbot Public Library Foundation was formed to help raise the $1 million in private funding towards the $9.5 million Abbot...
🛎️ The library will be closed on December 24 and 26, 2022 for the Christmas holiday and
December 31, 2022 and January 2, 2023 for New Year’s Day holiday.
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Abbot Public Library Interim Space Opens Monday, October 17!
Abbot Public Library is pleased to announce we will be opening at the Eveleth School interim space at 3 Brook Road, Marblehead on Monday, October 17. Our hours will be the same as they were at Pleasant Street: Monday: 9:30 am - 8:00 pm Tuesday: 9:30 am – 6:00 pm...
Library Renovations
Marblehead Beacon and Marblehead Weekly News discuss Abbot Public Library's renovations in these two articles.
Abbot Public Library’s Website
Marblehead News writes about the library's updated website in this article.
Newbery Awards
Abbot Public Library Director Kim Grad helped pick the 2022 Newbery Honor and John Newbery Medal winners as part of this year's selection committee. Donna Barba Higuera's The Last Cuentista was picked as the winner, and can be checked out online through Abbot Public...
MHTV ‘Headliner Series
Learn about the process of a library moving to an interim space in this new series by Marblehead Community Access and Media, Inc. Part 1: Abbot Public Library’s Director, Kim Grad, discusses the upcoming renovations in the first of a new 'Headliner series of...
Moving To The Interim Space – FAQs
In preparation for the move to the Eveleth School at 3 Brook Road, Marblehead, MA, Abbot Public Library will close at 5 pm on Saturday, September 10, 2022. This will be our temporary space during the renovation of our current building. According to Gary...
Check Out Chromebooks, Hotspots, and More With Abbot Public Library’s Library of Things!
Abbot Public Library is pleased to offer items and objects that go beyond the traditional media you might expect to see in a library. You can borrow and return these items like you would with a book, DVD, or other library material. A Library of Things is a great way...
Join Abbot Public Library’s Summer Reading Program!
Through August 19, Abbot Public Library is encouraging patrons of all ages to participate in this year’s Summer Reading Program, Oceans of Possibilities! Earn tickets for the Summer Reading Prize Basket Raffle which includes gift certificates to local stores and a...
Interim Space Location Chosen
The Eveleth School at 3 Brook Road in Marblehead has been chosen as the site for Abbot Public Library’s Interim Space. The library will relocate its contents and services to this site in early Fall 2022. Repurposing the classrooms and gym space at the school, the...