Richmond Free Public Library

Hours
Labor Day to
Memorial Day

The library will be closed Monday, October 14.

Update

Save the Date

Lively World Series

Several programs presented each year as the Lively World Series, in memory of the late Milton Bass, longtime Richmond resident, novelist and retired arts and entertainment editor of The Berkshire Eagle.

Robert Oakes, Ruth Bass & Becky Cushing Gop at our Saturday, February 10th event.

Ruth Bass and Marilyn Peterson Haus.
This photo was taken on October 16, 2021
at one of our many Lively World Series events.
Children’s Events

Book Club

Our book discussion group meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 2:00 p.m., except for the month of December.

Call for meeting info.

Our next book club meeting will be Tuesday, October 22 at 2:00 p.m. We will be reading “James” by Percival Everett.

Policies

The Richmond Free Public Library endeavors to:

  • be an integral part of community life in Richmond where patrons can gather in a welcoming place
  • provide educational support to lifelong learners,
  • support the civic, cultural and social pursuits of our patrons,
  • provide equal service to all library users,
  • provide informational and popular materials for the entire Richmond community in a variety of formats.
Film Club

Our film discussion group meets the first Thursday of every month at 4:15 p.m.

Our next film club meeting will be Thursday, November 7th and we will be discussing “In the Heat of the Night” (1967) starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. The library has copies to view in advance.


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Online
Database

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resources through the
Massachusetts Statewide
Database.

Museum
Pass

The Richmond Library
offers many museum
passes from around
Berkshire County. 

Trustees
Minutes

To find the most recent
Trustees Minutes, please
visit the Town of Richmond
website.


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Kids Corner

Every summer we kick off our Summer Reading Program with a live animal demonstration. This event always take place on the Saturday after July 4th weekend.

This past summer we held a program on Amazing Adaptations presented by Animal World Experience. This program was funded by the Richmond Cultural Council.


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