There are so many amazing, unique, and gorgeous libraries all over our beautiful world. Today I’ll highlight a selection of wonderful and culturally diverse libraries:
Stunning Literary Harbors from all around the World!
“Bristol Central Library” England“Central Public Library” Vancouver, Canada
“Baltimore George Peabody Library” Maryland
“Connemara Public Library” IndiaConnemara as well, it’s just so gorgeous!
“Stuttgart City Library” Germany
“Real Gabinete Português de Leitura” Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
“Taipei Public Library” Beitou Branch
“Biblioteca Vasconcelos” Mexico City
“Villanueva Public Library” Columbia
“Kolonihavehus”
Tom Fruins outdoor sculpture in the plaza of the Royal Danish Library
“Wall of Knowledge” Stockholm Public Library, Germany
“National Library of Belarus” Minsk, Belarus
It’s great to see some places still value books. I live in a little town, with an equally small library, that is only open a few days a week, because not enough people take advantage of what they have to offer.
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It really is great to see. 🙂
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Amazing photos! I’ll be visiting some of these on my travels!
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That is so great 🙂
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Each of those buildings is pure magic. What a dream it would be to travel around the world and visit the great libraries–but I’d want to have something there that I could read. I guess if they don’t have books in English I’d bring my own.
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Pure magic is the perfect description!
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Wow! These libraries are awesome and grand! Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures! 😀
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They are indeed!
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i love libraries. They have been a constant source of adventure.
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I agree 😀
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Lest not forget the “The Huntington Library” – preserving Charles Bukowski’s Literary Archive.
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Thank you for sharing that 🙂
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These libraries certainly make you think again what a library should look like… In my mind a library is old, full of books and nooks… Some of these libraries certainly don’t fit that bill!
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Great pictures. And it was good that you clicked it. They are truly worth to visit
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They are. 🙂
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Thank you for sharing- Inspiring and Beautiful
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You are welcome, they are!
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Wow. Just wow.
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😀
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Wow, absolutely stunning. Our libraries in Australia aren’t nearly as striking but at the end of the day it’s all about what’s inside them and the reading. How lucky we are. Great post.
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Stunning is the word indeed! The books are definitely the most important part, but I love the ambiance and romance of a good structure and atmosphere.
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It’s really wonderful library’s buildings in the world. Your posts are all amazing.
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Thank you!
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Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing. On the other end of the spectrum we have a rural community nearby whose library is in a Butler building. One of those metal pre-fab jobs mainly used for industry. Pretty ugly, but beautiful in its own way because of the community’s commitment to having a library under difficult conditions.
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I think that is really beautiful! Books are so important!
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A PINK library! But the rest are lovely. Thanks.
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It’s more like a burnt organgy red, it’s just the lighting of the photo that makes it look pink. 🙂
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These libraries look so peaceful!
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They really are!
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Beautiful photos! I’d love to get to visit all these one day!
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I hope you do! 🙂
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Those are inspiring, and isn’t that what a library should be!? I predicted 13 years ago that libraries might no longer exist in 50 years, but these designs will keep them alive. I am a little proud of my own city’s library, and a good shot of it is here: http://www.dbrl.org/files/branch/Columbia/cpl-gallery/ext_night.jpg . Some people hated the abstract sculptures placed as sentries near the two entrances, but I love them in contrast to the crisp, circuit-like formality of the building. What do you think?
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I really like it! Is that in Arizona by chance?
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No, Columbia Missouri.
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Ah. It reminds me of a library I visited in Arizona.
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Oh to be locked in one of those for a weekend!
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Or a week! 😀
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Fantastic, and not a computer in sight
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Yes! 😀
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Great architecture contributes beauty as well as function. These designs are a vibrant departure from strip malls and boring boxes.
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That is absolutely right!
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Wonderful pictures.! Great shots.! 🍁
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Yes indeed! 🙂
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I also love love books & decent cool libraries! Here are some of them just awesome, amazing & just so apart in architecture too! 🙂
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Yes, I love the variety and difference qualities! 🙂
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Every time I see a picture of an amazing library, my hear literally aches with the thought that who knows if I will ever be able to visit any of them. (Hopefully, I will.) 🙂
Super envious of people who live near such awesomeness.
Great post ! 🙂
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I hope so too! It’s such a treat to experience beautiful literary treasures.
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terrifying heights in those stacks…but the awe-factor should make up for it.
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Yes it would!
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the very thought is stunning
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Beautiful photos!
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Dreamy! Thanks for posting.
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For sure!
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These are amazing! I especially like the first few. The library I work at would probably fit inside one room of these giants. 🙂
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Wow, imaging getting to work inside one of these!
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That would be a dream come true!
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Quite a collection of libraries. Which is your favourite?
And where is it?
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“Real Gabinete Português de Leitura!” Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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One of the many things I love to see when I travel is the local library. From Dublin to New York, there’s nothing quite like a massive majestic library (especially being the book addict that I am). This is a great post with pics of some of the most beautiful libraries from across the globe.
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I agree!
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Dang! Some of those pix made me dizzy just lookin’ at ’em.
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Nice to see all of this!
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And who said a library was just a building filled with books? Very nice!
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Indeed! They are building’s filled with imagination, history, genius, and unimaginable beauty.
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I’ve always loved libraries, they are places I spend hours in just wandering. I would go to the library to study when I was in school and find myself wandering the stacks for hours getting no studying done.
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I am that way with libraries and good book shops! I find myself in a sort of trance.
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These are absolutely amazing! Thanks for posting these. I remember when I lived in Seoul a high school teacher there took her students to the library for a field trip. When I told her I didn’t “get it,” she shook her head and grinned, “Oh, Lonna, you just have to go yourself and find out.” She tried to convince me how stunning it was. I never did go, and with these pictures I’m so disappointed that I didn’t see what it looked like. Thanks again for posting.
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You are welcome, maybe you will see it someday.
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Oh my word I wish I could go visit ALL of them!!!!
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It would be divine.
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Wow … thanks … wonder what’s going to become of them post-internet … here’s an idea, they could be art centres for sharing, handling, enacting, exploring, treasure hunts, overnight sleepovers … churches to the culture. Trouble is, the librarians might go Shhhhhh!
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hehe, that’s a great idea!
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… calligraphy sessions, searching for random juxtapositions and constructing new philosophies and art around them, adding amusing graffiti to worn-out books … whoops, didn’t Joe Orton and his pal get jailed for that? Oh well, back to the drawing board …
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The possibilities are endless!
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The Hive in Worcester is stunning – take a look!
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It certainly is! I was planning to post a picture of that as well, but got stranded without wifi this weekend, and my article got auto-posted incomplete 😦 I had to leave the post as is so I can move on in my schedule. So thank you for pointing that wonder out, because it is truly a beautiful thing! I hope others will look it up. 😀
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Thanks very much 😀 BTW no wifi is the worst 😦
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It really is, I can manage without it if I at least KNOW I’m not going to have it. 🙂
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Some of these look like they would induce vertigo when looking for a new read!
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I agree!
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Wow! If I could only live in a library…
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That would be heaven!
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The State Library of Victoria is the central library of the state of Victoria, Australia, located in Melbourne. Opened 1856 the library holds over 2 million books and 16,000 serials, including the diaries of the cities founders.
Flickr Photos State Library of Victoria Australia
Wikipedia State Library of Victoria Australia
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Wow, that’s amazing 🙂 thank you for sharing.
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