Editing Fitchburg, Massachusetts (section)

==Arts and culture==
The [[Fitchburg Art Museum]] was founded in 1925 and includes over {{convert|20000|sqft|m2|sigfig=2}} of gallery and educational space which features a "cross barn" built in 1883, the Simond's building completed in 1989, and 12 galleries feature American, African, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fitchburg Art Museum |url=https://freedomsway.org/place/fitchburg-art-museum/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229170442/https://freedomsway.org/place/fitchburg-art-museum/ |archive-date=2024-02-29 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Freedom's Way National Heritage Area |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:Rollstone postcard.jpg|thumb|right|The Rollstone Boulder, on the summit of Rollstone Hill in 1909]]

The [[Rollstone Boulder]] is a 110-ton specimen of [[Granite|porphyritic granite]] located in a small triangular public park. The boulder was a feature of the summit of Rollstone Hill; it was exploded and reassembled on the green in 1929 and 1930.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-24 |title=A beloved boulder in Fitchburg, Massachusetts has an intriguing history |url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/a-beloved-boulder-in-fitchburg-massachusetts-has-an-intriguing-history/40382201 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=WCVB |language=en}}</ref>

The [[Fitchburg Historical Society]] houses more than 200,000 items related to the history of Fitchburg, including Sentinel newspapers from 1838 to 1976, city directories, photographs, scrapbooks, manuscripts, family genealogies, postcards, files on industries in the City, books and pamphlets on Fitchburg's history from the 1700s to the present, a Civil War collection, and a collection on the railroad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fitchburg Historical Society – Commonwealth Historical Collaborative |url=http://chc.library.umass.edu/blog/fitchburg-historical-society/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Fitchburg WallaceLibrary ca1907 Massachusetts.png|thumb|Public library, Fitchburg, {{circa|1907}}]]

The Fitchburg Public Library was established in 1859.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LusKAAAAYAAJ |title=Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts - Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts - Google Boeken |date=August 6, 2007 |access-date=February 1, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fitchburgpubliclibrary.org/about/library_history.htm |title=Fitchburg Library |publisher=Fitchburgpubliclibrary.org |access-date=February 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307145248/http://fitchburgpubliclibrary.org/about/library_history.htm |archive-date=March 7, 2012 }}</ref> In 1899, a child-specific library service began in one of the country's first children's rooms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Library History {{!}} Fitchburg, MA |url=http://www.ci.fitchburg.ma.us/239/Library-History |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229171519/http://www.ci.fitchburg.ma.us/239/Library-History |archive-date=2024-02-29 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=www.ci.fitchburg.ma.us}}</ref> Fitchburg Public Library became the first regional library in the [[Massachusetts Library System|Massachusetts Regional Library System]] in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Library History {{!}} Fitchburg, MA |url=http://www.fitchburgpubliclibrary.org/239/Library-History |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=www.fitchburgpubliclibrary.org}}</ref> In 2008, the library had a budget of $1,111,412.<ref>http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/statistics/public/repmunicpie/index {{dead link|date=February 2012}}</ref> In 2014, the Fitchburg Law Library opened.<ref name="archive.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/libraries/locations/fitchburg.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112190227/http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/libraries/locations/fitchburg.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 12, 2016|title=This Page Has Moved|date=January 12, 2016}}</ref>

Other cultural features include:
* [[Arthur J. DiTommaso Memorial Bridge]]
* [[Fitchburg Longsjo Classic]] (no longer active)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sweeney |first=Sean |date=2020-03-18 |title=Longsjo Classic won't roll out again |url=https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2020/03/18/longsjo-classic-wont-roll-out-again/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Sentinel and Enterprise |language=en-US}}</ref>
* The Finnish Center at Saima Park<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saima-park.org |title=saima-park.org |publisher=saima-park.org |access-date=September 27, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Wallace Civic Center]] of Fitchburg State University