I make no secret of the fact that I’m a hardcore bibliophile, but we’re a common enough lot these day. And the one sight that always makes me linger over a webpage is rows and rows of neatly organized books. So, in an effort to draw more like-minded read here to my little blog, I decided to round-up a gallery of photos of some of the most beautiful libraries I’ve ever seen photos of. Enjoy.
Abbey Library St. Gall in Saint Gallen, Switzerland
Photo Credit: Gerda Steiner & Jorg Lenzlinger.
The Astronomy Library of the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands
Photo Credit: (Erik)
Bristol Central Library
Photo Credit: *Firefox
The British Library reading room at the centre of the Great Court of the British Museum in London, England.
Photo Credit: Sifter
Central Library of Vancouver in Vancouver, Canada
Photo Credit: lightgazer
Delft University Library in The Netherlands
Photo Credit: rutger spoelstra
José Vasconcelos Library
Photo Credit: CliNKer
Klementinum National Library in the Czech Republic
Photo Credit: The Czech Tourism Board
The Library of Melk Abbey, in Melk, Austria
Photo Credit: Emgonzalez
Library of Parliament (reading room), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Photo Credit: Alejandro Erickson
The Los Angeles Central Library in Los Angeles, California
Photo Credit: Candice (Bessie Smith)
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (The Austrian National Library) in Vienna, Austria
Photo Credit: Oke
Philology Library of the University Berlin in Russia
Photo Credit: Sven Werkmeister
The Royal library Black Diamond in Copenhagen, Denmark
Photo Credit: madcrow
Royal Library El Escorial in Spain
Photo Credit: cuellar
City Library of Stockholm in Sweden
Photo Credit: arndalarm
The Suzzallo library of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington
Photo Credit: Cap’n Surly
Even more Libraries
Of course, these are only my top choice for the world’s most beautiful libraries. There are hundreds of libraries around the world. Here are a few other location to find photographs of some of the world’s most scenic libraries.
If you know of any other good library compilations that differs significantly from this list, drop a comment below.
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Dave Crabill said
am July 31 2009 @ 12:02 pm
Check the Indianapolis/Marion County Public Library in Indy. Visited last year, very striking.
Dave
Elin said
am August 13 2009 @ 2:59 am
Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos. I’m a librarian and a library geek, and would absolutely love to see all these beautiful libraries with my own eyes. Maybe some day?
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am August 15 2009 @ 2:42 am
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