Beautiful

Beautiful

Libraries in

Libraries in

the World

the World

Strahov Monestary Library in PragueStrahov Monestary Library in Prague

Strahov Theological Hall - Original Baroque CabinetsStrahov Theological Hall - Original Baroque Cabinets

 

 

Strahov Theological Hall; Statue of John the Evangelist Holding a BookStrahov Theological Hall; Statue of John the Evangelist Holding a Book

 

Abbey Library St. Gallen, Abbey Library St. Gallen, Switzerland Switzerland

Angelica Library, Rome, Italy Angelica Library, Rome, Italy

August Herzog Library, August Herzog Library, Wolfenbüttel,Wolfenbüttel,

Germany Germany

Beatus Rhenanus Library, Basel, Switzerland Beatus Rhenanus Library, Basel, Switzerland

Bernadotte Library, Stockholm Sweden Bernadotte Library, Stockholm Sweden

Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy

Biblioteca Di Bella Arti, Biblioteca Di Bella Arti, Milan, Italy Milan, Italy

Biblioteca do Palacio e Convento de Mafra I, Lisbon Coast, Portugal Biblioteca do Palacio e Convento de Mafra I, Lisbon Coast, Portugal

Biblioteca do Palacio Biblioteca do Palacio Nacional da Ajuda Lisboa Nacional da Ajuda Lisboa

III, Lisbon, Portugal III, Lisbon, Portugal

Biblioteca Geral University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal Biblioteca Geral University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Biblioteca Palafoxiana, Puebla, Mexico Biblioteca Palafoxiana, Puebla, Mexico

Bibliotecha de la Real Academia De La Lengua, Madrid, Spain Bibliotecha de la Real Academia De La Lengua, Madrid, Spain

Bibliotheque Alencon, Normandy, France Bibliotheque Alencon, Normandy, France

Bibliotheque Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Nationale de France,

Paris, France Paris, France

Bodleian Library, Bodleian Library, Oxford University, Oxford University,

England England

Boston Copley Public Library, Boston Copley Public Library, Boston, USA Boston, USA

Old British Reading Room, British Museum, London, England Old British Reading Room, British Museum, London, England

Old British Reading Room, British Museum, London, England Old British Reading Room, British Museum, London, England

Cathedral Library, Kalocsa, Hungary Cathedral Library, Kalocsa, Hungary

Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK

Dutch Royal Archives Library, Netherlands Dutch Royal Archives Library, Netherlands

El Escorial Library, San Lorenzo, El Escorial Library, San Lorenzo, Spain Spain

Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library, Vassar College, Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

George Peabody Library, George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Handelingenkamer Tweede Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer Der Staten-Generaal Kamer Der Staten-Generaal

Den Haag, the Hague, Den Haag, the Hague, Netherlands Netherlands

Hereford Cathedral Chained Hereford Cathedral Chained Library, Hereford, England (Rare Library, Hereford, England (Rare books were once kept chained to books were once kept chained to

the bookshelf to prevent the bookshelf to prevent stealing.) stealing.)

Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek Weimar II, Germany Weimar II, Germany

Joanina Library University of Joanina Library University of Coimbra, Portugal Coimbra, Portugal

Kremsmuenster Abbey Library, Kremsmünster, Upper Austria. Kremsmuenster Abbey Library, Kremsmünster, Upper Austria.

Biblioteca Castilla La Mancha, Spain Biblioteca Castilla La Mancha, Spain

Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA

Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada

 

Library of St. Walburga, Zutphen, Netherland Library of St. Walburga, Zutphen, Netherland (Preserved from the 16th century)(Preserved from the 16th century)

 

Library of the Benedictine Monastery of Admont, Austria Library of the Benedictine Monastery of Admont, Austria

Library of the National Palace of Mafra, PortugalLibrary of the National Palace of Mafra, Portugal

 

Library of the Prussian Library of the Prussian King Frederic the King Frederic the

Second in Potsdam, Second in Potsdam, GermanyGermany

 

Melk Monastery Library, Melk, Austria

 

National Art Library, Victoria National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Albert Museum, London

North Reading Room, UC Berkeley, California, USA North Reading Room, UC Berkeley, California, USA (Terrific reader suggestion)(Terrific reader suggestion)

 

New York Public Library, New York, USA New York Public Library, New York, USA

Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, BelgiumPlantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium

 

Queen's College Library Oxford Queen's College Library Oxford

Real Gabinete Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura Portugues De Leitura

Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (Possibly the Brazil (Possibly the

most beautiful library most beautiful library of them all.) of them all.)

 

Rennie Mackintosh Rennie Mackintosh Library, Glasgow Library, Glasgow

School of Art, School of Art, Scotland (Added on Scotland (Added on

excellent reader excellent reader suggestion.) suggestion.)

 

Riggs Library, Georgetown University, USARiggs Library, Georgetown University, USA

 

Rijkmuseum Library, Rijkmuseum Library, AmsterdamAmsterdam

 

Riksdagen Library, Swedish Parliament Library, Stockholm, SwedenRiksdagen Library, Swedish Parliament Library, Stockholm, Sweden

 

Russian National Library, St. PetersburgRussian National Library, St. Petersburg

 

St. Florian Monastery-Library, AustriaSt. Florian Monastery-Library, Austria

 

Salamanca Library, Salamanca, SpainSalamanca Library, Salamanca, Spain

 

Sansovino Library, Rome, Italy Sansovino Library, Rome, Italy

 

Sorbonne Library, Paris, FranceSorbonne Library, Paris, France

 

State Library, Victoria, State Library, Victoria, AustraliaAustralia

 

Stiftsbibliothek Stiftsbibliothek Klosterneuburg, Klosterneuburg,

Klosterneuburg, AustriaKlosterneuburg, Austria

 

Suzzallo Library, Seattle, Washington,

The New Library of the Royal College of Physicians of EdinburghThe New Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

               University-

Library, Helsinki, Finland

Theology Room at St. Theology Room at St. Deiniol's library, North WalesDeiniol's library, North Wales

 

 

Trinity College LIbrary, AKA, The Long Room, Dublin, IrelandTrinity College LIbrary, AKA, The Long Room, Dublin, Ireland

 

University-Library, Helsinki, University-Library, Helsinki, Finland Finland

Vatican Library, Vatican Vatican Library, Vatican City, Rome City, Rome

Austrian National Library, Vienna, AustriaAustrian National Library, Vienna, Austria

 

Waldsassen Abbey Library, Bavaria, GermanyWaldsassen Abbey Library, Bavaria, Germany

 

Wren Library, Wren Library, Trinity College, Trinity College,

Cambridge, Cambridge, England England

Yale, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Yale, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut, USAConnecticut, USA