Libraries of the World

     Recently, one of my friends sent me a picture of a gorgeous library in Iowa, U.S.A and it blew my mind. The place looks so amazing!! I mean libraries are sanctuaries in general, but this place looked so inviting that I'm sure people would actually want to go and spend hours in there. I mean libraries are magical places. But in this technologically adept world of ours they're starting to get neglected. We're forgetting that there's just something so special about walking down halls full of physical, written work and being attracted by the history of it all. So it got me thinking about all the beautiful libraries around the world. And everyone knows how I feel about lists....et voila :) So let's go on a world tour, shall we?

Abbey Library, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Another view of
Abbey Library, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Strahov Monastery - Theological Library, Prague, Czech Republic

Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, USA

Stiftsbibliothek Klostemeuburg, Klostemeuburg, Austria

Library of the Benedictine Monastery, Admont, Austria

Library of Congress, US

George Peabody Library, John Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD, USA

Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library,
New Haven, CT, USA

Morgan Library and Museum, New York, USA

Jose Vasconcelos Library, Mexico City, Mexico

Inventor Jay Walker's personal library

Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada

Chateau de Chantilly Library, Paris, France

Trinity College Library (The Long Room), Dublin, Ireland

Suzzallo Library, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Law Library, Iowa