Here are some of the most beautiful libraries around the world. These are gorgeous places to spend a day immersed in a good book.
1. Most Beautiful Libraries in Asia
Liyuan Library, Huairou, China
Starfield Library in COEX Mall, South Korea
Nakajima Library, Akita International University, Japan
Tianjin Binhai Library, China
2. The Most Beautiful Libraries in Europe
Codrington Library, England
Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland
Admont Abbey Library, Austria
Clementinum National Library, Czech Republic
Wiblingen Monastery Library, Germany
Chetham’s Library in Manchester, England
Abbey Library of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Bristol Central Library, England
The Richelieu Library, Paris, France
Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbra, Portugal
City Library on Mailänder Platz, Germany
Gladstone’s Library, UK
Kremsmünster Abbey Library, Austria
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris
Herzog August Bibliothek, Germany
Stockholm Public Library
Handelingenkamer Bibliotheek, Netherlands
Utrecht University Library, Netherlands
St John’s College Library, Oxford, UK
Oberlausitzische Library of Science, Germany
3. The Most Beautiful Libraries in the United States
William Rainey Harper Memorial Library, University of Chicago, USA
Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination, Connecticut, USA
Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Hearst Castle Gothic Study, California
Suzzallo Library, Washington
University of Michigan Law School Library
Beinecke Rare Book Library, Yale
Fisher Fine Arts Library
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Detroit Public Library, Michigan
4. The Most Beautiful Libraries in Oceana
The State Library of South Australia
University of Otago Central Library, New Zealand
5. Most Beautiful Libraries in the Americas
Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada
Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico
Palafoxiana Library, Mexico
6. Most Beautiful Libraries in Africa
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
