The Congregational Library also has a large sermon collection, some 15,000 individual pieces, covering the period from the late 1600s to the twentieth century, in both manuscript and printed form. Visiting The Congregational Library & Archives is open to the public on Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with some exceptions for after hours events. There is no admissions fee into the Library and the reading room is free and open to the public to visitors and researchers alike who may request access to any of the items in the collection, including the rare books collection. Book borrowing is limited to Library members but scans of specific materials can be made in the reading room or via email for a small fee to non-members. The Library is located a short walk from the Massachusetts State House, King's Chapel, Park Street Church, Boston Common and the Library's reading room looks out over the Granary Burying Ground. In popular culture The facade of the Congregational House is used as the office building of Cage & Fish, the fictional law firm of the legal comedy-drama Ally McBeal (1997-2002). The stacks of the Library were used in the 1988 legal drama film A Civil Action. References External links The official website of the Congregational Library & Archives Beacon Street Diary - the blog of the Congregational Library & Archives Commercial buildings completed in 1898 Congregational library Libraries in Beacon Hill, Boston Archives in the United States Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Beacon Hill, Boston 1853 establishments in Massachusetts