#librariesoftheworld

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[philaathenaeum]

Ready for reading.

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, December 2022

[californiastatelibrarian]

Lots has changed in 53 years but the wisdom of this advice hasn’t- wherever you are in the world! #librariesoftheworld #librariesofinstagram @publiclibrarysg @californiastatelibrary #readmorebooks #reading @imaginationlibrary (at National Library Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkNA27yuAk1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[californiastatelibrarian]

The oldest library in #Belfast. The last subscription #library (paid for with private funding like memberships) in Ireland. @californiastatelibrary #librariesofinstagram #librariesoftheworld (at Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiQmkKBKIB4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[doug-peabody]

Stacks and stacks of books. Boston Public Library. Boston, Massachusetts . . . #stacksofbooks #library #libraries #librariesoftheworld #librariesofinstagram #librariesareawesome #librariesrock #librariesofinstagram #book #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram @bpl #bostonpubliclibrary #bostoma #boston #bostonmassachusetts #massachusetts #ma #newengland #processed #vinette (at Boston Public Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWzkLCdMkwI/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Public Library Sedona, AZ (US),

Source: own picture (taken 2005)

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Libraries Around the World 11

National Library of China in Beijing, China

Founded in 1909 by the government of the Qing dynasty

The National Library of China has amassed an astronomical collection of over 37 million items including the largest array of Chinese literature in the world

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library

Designed by Carrère and Hastings, the historic building contains an estimated 15 million items from medieval manuscripts and ancient Japanese scrolls to contemporary novels and comic books.

Starfield Library in Seoul, South Korea

Inside the world’s largest underground shopping mall

Starfield Library houses nearly 50,000 books and magazines spanning genres

Klementinum National Library in Prague, Czech Republic

The Klementinum is touted as “the Baroque pearl of Prague.”

The library first opened in 1722 as a part of a Jesuit university but now serves as the National Library of the Czech Republic, housing over 20,00 volumes of foreign theological literature. 

Stuttgart City Library in Stuttgart, Germany

Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This Neo-Maueline stunner holds the biggest and most valuable collection of Portuguese literature outside of Portugal with nearly 400,000 rare manuscripts, singular works, and unique proofs decorating the shelves.

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Biblioteca Joanina, Portugal

Wiblingen Abbey library, Ulm, Germany

Admont Abbey Library

Library of Parliament

Biblioteca do Convento de Mafra, Mafra, Portugal

Biblioteca Statale Oratoriana dei Girolamini, Naples, Italy