Due to facilities work at the Ives Main Library, browsing on the first floor will be limited to new releases and the Ives Squared collection on Tuesday, April 14. Debido a mejoras en las instalaciones de la Biblioteca Principal Ives, la consulta directa en el primer piso se limitará a las novedades y a la colección Ives Squared el martes 14 de abril.

Celebrate Black Arts and Culture this February!

This February, the New Haven Free Public Library is proud to celebrate Black History Month with the theme Arts and Culture. Join us as we honor the achievements, creativity, and ongoing impact of Black artists on the humanities through history and today. We’re hosting events for all ages across our five locations, including engaging book … Continued

The New Haven Heroes at Pearl Harbor

Many New Haveners served at Pearl Harbor on the day of the attack. Perhaps the most widely known was the New Haven Naval Reserve Unit, which had been called to duty in May that year and assigned to the USS Solace, a hospital ship.