Visitors gather on our Grand Staircase balcony

Tour The Library

PPL welcomes school/class/educational group visits. You may arrange a general class or group tour of the Library by emailing programs@provlib.org or calling 401-455-8134.

Historic Library Tours

Take a free guided historic library tour at 11 am weekly on Wednesdays. Please come to the Library's 150 Empire Street entrance.

Please check our calendar to confirm a tour is running on the day you are planning to come. Also, we encourage you to sign up in advance in case we need to contact you in the event of a schedule change.

To schedule a special group tour outside of these times, please contact Tonia Mason at 401-455-8090 or tmason@provlib.org. You may also access the Library's annotated online tour.

Visit Our Special Collections

We welcome everyone to use our collections. We maintain open hours and times by appointment are also available.