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From e-library services, online resources, and our teen tech center, to study rooms and device charging stations, find all the information you need to know, right here. The Archival Center houses a wonderful and diverse collection of materials that relate to the history of Salem Village and Danvers from the 17th century to the present.
Philanthropist and native son George Peabody donated $50,000 for the construction of a library for Danvers, after previously endowing the Peabody Institute in South Danvers (now Peabody).The first building was designed by Gridley J. F. Bryant and built in 1868–69; this Gothic Revival structure was destroyed by fire in 1890. The library's trustees elected to rebuild on the same site ...
Peabody Institute Library. The Peabody Institute Library of Danvers is housed in a Georgian Revival building originally dedicated in 1892. In 1980, the Library added 12,000 square feet which now features a Children's Room and Archival Center.
About the Peabody Institute Library of Danvers "In December 1856, the American banker, philanthropist, and Danvers native George Peabody gave $10,000 for the establishment of a Danvers “branch” of the Peabody Institute Library of South Danvers (now Peabody, MA).
The Danvers Archival Center is the archive of the Town of Danvers. It is housed at the Peabody Institute Library in Danvers. It collects town records, manuscripts, Salem witchcraft resources, rare books and much more.
We offer many services to the public including public computers, a dedicated Homework Center for middle and high school students during the academic year and meeting room available for private rental as well as extensive cultural/recreational programming and exhibits/displays.
George Peabody founded the Peabody Institute in South Danvers in 1852. The Library is the first to bear the name of its founder and is proud to be the oldest public library in the United States to operate from its original location.
