These pillars of higher learning are also home to some of the world’s most incredible architecture. Below is a small collection of stunning libraries around the globe. From the historical to the modern, these centres of knowledge and learning also preserve the history and culture of their respective periods. Personally, I would find it hard to concentrate in some of these places, they are too beautiful for the eye not to wander. Here are top 15:
University Club Library – New York City, United States
Canadian Library of Parliament – Ottawa, Canada
Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library – New Haven, Connecticut
Iowa State Capital Law Library – United States
Suzzalo Library at the University of Washington – Seattle, Washington
Admont Abbey Library – Austria
State Library – Victoria, Australia
Library at El Real Monasterio de El Escorial – Madrid, Spain
José Vasconcelos Library – Mexico City, Mexico
Real Gabinete Português de Leitura – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
National Library of Finland – Helsinki, Finland
Mitchell Library – Sydney, Australia
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at University of Toronto – Toronto, Canada
George Peabody Library – Baltimore, Maryland
Strahov Theological Hall – Prague, Czech Republic
April 26th, 2013 - 8:06 pm
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