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www.joneslibrary.org

Jones Library

43 Amity Street

Amherst, Massachusetts. 01002.

Phone: 413-256-4090

(voice/t.t.y) Fax: 413-256-4096

Programs
In the 1920's, the Trustees of the Jones Library decided to create a library building that would embody the image of "Mother Amherst welcoming her children" into a large, overgrown Colonial revival style home. The original reading rooms were designed to resemble living rooms with wood paneling and fireplaces, oil paintings, sculpture and oriental rugs. Jones Library in often called "temple of learning."
In 1993, the original building was enlarged with a glass-roofed center courtyard and new Reference, Audiovisual, and Special Collections rooms. The front face of the library remains the same, however, and the interior rooms preserve its traditional homelike atmosphere.
Library Hours are as follows:
Sunday 1:00 PM 5:00 PM
Monday 9:00 AM 5:30 PM
Tuesday 9:00 AM 9:30 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM 5:30 PM
Thursday 9:00 AM 9:30 PM
Friday 9:00 AM 5:30 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM 5:30 PM