Sainte-Geneviève Library, Paris - double-vaulted ceiling, rows of tables with lamps extending down long room, bookstacks to either side

Another in my series of libraries
Sainte-Geneviève Library, Paris
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Strahov Monastery library - glorious brightly painted ceiling with (I presume) biblical images, old globes on stands, sculpture of a saint, an antique reading stand which rotates books, and many stacks of ancient tomes

Another in my series of libraries
Strahov Monastery library
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Beinecke Rare Book Library, Yale University - large open space with leather sofas and chairs beneath high coffered ceiling, with 5 levels of lighted bookstacks rising upwards

Another in my series of libraries
Beinecke Rare Book Library, Yale University
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Trinity College library, Dublin - two floors of tall wooden bookstacks rising up, thousands of books in antique bindings, busts at end of each stack

Another in my series of libraries
You can't have too many views of Trinity College library, Dublin
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Trinity College library, Dublin - view down main room with two levels of high bookshelves containing books in antique bindings, busts at the end of each stack, and the rounded ceiling and stacks receding into distance

Another in my series of libraries
another view of Trinity College library, Dublin
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Trinity College library, Dublin - ladders leaned against rising bookstacks of books with antique bindings, beside view down corridor showing bookstacks extending into distance

Another in my series of libraries
Trinity College library, Dublin
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Books on shelves erected around base of large tree. Sorry, I don't know the location

Another in my series of libraries
tree library
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Travelling library, Hereford Cathedral, 15th-century - large wooden chest with carrying pole fixed through iron rings

Another in my series of libraries
15th-century travelling library, Hereford Cathedral
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Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto - view from upper floor down into central octagonal area, with tall lighted pillars and rising bookstacks on each floor

Another in my series of libraries
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto
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Thomas Crane Library, Quincy, MA - spacious high meeting room with long table and chairs, stained glass, with two balconies rising up, and bookstacks seen to either side

Another in my series of libraries
Thomas Crane Library, Quincy, MA
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Marsh's Library in Dublin - separate alcoves (that look a bit like choir stalls!) with doors leading to old books on shelves, bottom half of door wood, middle part mesh, top part is arched design in white

Another in my series of libraries
This one in Ireland in honour of St Patrick's Day:
Marsh's Library in Dublin
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Sage Library, New Brunswick, Theological Seminary, New Jersey - two levels of beautiful bookstacks over large open hall with high windows

Another in my series of libraries
Sage Library, New Brunswick, Theological Seminary, New Jersey
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Northern Poetry Library, Morpeth - metal shelves of slim volumes of poetry, and a display shelf at front with sign saying 'Northern Poetry Library'

Another in my series of libraries
Northern Poetry Library, Morpeth, Northumberland.
Not so 'scenic', but a library dedicated to poetry is inherently beautiful!
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky #poetry

New York Public Library - huge reading room with desks and desklamps, chandeliers, arched windows, and decorated ceiling painting with blue sky and clouds

Another in my series of libraries
New York Public Library
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Melk Abbey library, Austria - ancient beautifully bound tomes on wooden shelves, with decorations on panels, and gold leaf. Huge globe in stand.

Another in my series of libraries
Melk Abbey library, Austria
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Maria Laach Abbey library, Germany - marvelous photo of metal winding staircase between high bookstacks, leading to balcony-bridges crossing from one side to the other

Another in my series of libraries
Maria Laach Abbey library, Germany
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A white horse with panniers of children's books strapped to her, visiting remote homes. Luna is eating some grass while a very excited child is running towards the books with his mother

Another in my series of libraries
Luna the Library Horse - mobile library in Indonesia!
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Library in the Landscape, Tegg's Nose, Cheshire - mini library in a box on a post outdoors on a hill by a bench

Another in my series of libraries
Library in the Landscape, Tegg's Nose, Cheshire.
Small but beautiful!
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John Hopkins University Library - view of long open hall with balconied floors of books rising to either side, large window in ceiling

Another in my series of libraries
John Hopkins University Library
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Another in my series of libraries
Highclere Castle, secret door in library
[and yes, this is where Downton Abbey is filmed]
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Gando Library, Burkina Faso - elliptical shape, ceiling is made using locally crafted earthenware pots sawn in half, against which the concrete slab is cast

Another in my series of libraries
Gando Library, Burkina Faso
(and yes, it's just *before* they put the books on the shelves!)
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Free Library of Philadelphia - very long room filled with bookshelves on two levels, coffered white ceiling, high windows

Another in my series of libraries
Free Library of Philadelphia
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Chetham's Library, Manchester - rich wooden bookshelves, floors, railings, and ceiling beams

Another in my series of libraries
Chetham's Library, Manchester, a library in continuous use for over 350 years
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Library of Ahmed III - marble pillars, soaring decorated ceilings, colourful tiled walls, bookshelves set between windows, couches to recline on

Another in my series of libraries
Library of Ahmed III, Topkapi Palace, Istanbul
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Chester Storyhouse - sweeping white balustrade on upper level (with lots of bookshelves) looking down to lower level with books, and chairs and tables. Very light and open.

Another in my series of libraries
Chester Storyhouse
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Casa de la Literatura Peruana, Lima - with high soaring blue and white glass ceiling, pillars holding up second level of books

Another in my series of libraries
Casa de la Literatura Peruana, Lima
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Camel with a display of children's books hanging off its hump, with a child pointing to one she wants.

Another in my series of libraries
Camel bookmobile for children in Mongolia
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Brasenose College library, Oxford - looking down rows of white bookshelves extending into distance

Another in my series of libraries
Brasenose College library, Oxford
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Outdoor fountain made to look like stacked books at Cincinnati Library

Another in my series of libraries
Book fountain at Cincinnati Library
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La bibliothèque de l'Assemblée nationale, Paris - domed ceiling painted with scenes, high bookcases including curved ones, tables with old-fashioned lamps, chandelier

Another in my series of libraries
La bibliothèque de l'Assemblée nationale, Paris
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky