Provincetown Public Library — Attraction in Provincetown

We got off the bus in P-town on a very hot and very, very muggy afternoon and my English Teacher wife looked up just a couple of steps from MacMillan Pier. She said "let's check out the library." I was skeptical, but she sealed the deal with the aside: "It's got to be air conditioned." Met at the door by a friendly librarian who asked "are you here to see the ship?" I responded, truthfully, "No . . . we're here for the air conditioning." He chuckled and said, "head upstairs, you are going to be amazed."

We were. Wow. Who would have thought they'd stuffed a HUGE sailing vessel in the old church turned library. Yeah, the air conditioning was a great respite from the oppressive heat, but this is one cool library. Check it out, read the history, marvel at the ship-in-a-bottle type trick these folks have pulled with the ship and check out a book or two. Well worth the time...

What a charming library!

Whenever I visit a new place, I head to the library, and this is definitely one worth reviewing.

I was here on the off season, and as much as I wanted to spend time on the beach, watching the water, it was too cold most days to enjoy the outdoors for extended periods of time. But then I discovered the third floor of this library, which has two armchairs set up in front of a window with incredible bay views. I sat here for hours reading.

This library also gets points for what seems like a very extensive book collection, friendly librarians, intuitive setup and the ability to join the library even as a visitor. I wanted to borrow some books for my time here, and they made it easy and painless to do so.

I think I would come back to Ptown just for...

Spent a few days working remotely in the library. Clean, pleasant, and unique library with solid number of tables and nooks to set up and spend a day working. No individual small rooms I saw so if you’ll be on the phone or video calls all day might not be ideal/ will need to keep it low/quiet. Many great window views. It’s been nice to see others remote working here. Second floor gets a little loud with visitors checking out the huge boat built into the library, but who can blame them! It’s a sight to see. Bathrooms are clean. Would recommend bringing a simple 6-9 foot extension cord to charge phone/laptop as there are not always plugs immediately next to the seating areas in reach of standard chargers. Walking distance to many places to get...