List of historical libraries
Here is a list of historical libraries from antiquity, antiquity, the Middle Ages and modern times; also former libraries, although no claim is made to be complete. Historical libraries are examined within library science through the subject library history.
Libraries of antiquity and antiquity
- Libraries in Mesopotamia
- Aššurbanipal library - collection of clay tablets
- Alexandria Library in Ancient Egypt
- Library of Nalanda in ancient India
- Hadrian's Library (Athens)
- Library of Ephesus
- Library of Pergamon
- Library of Caesarea in Caesarea
- Imperial Library of Constantinople
- Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum
Libraries of the Middle Ages and Modern Times
- Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana , Florence
- Biblioteca Marciana in Venice
- Bibliotheca Corviniana ( Budapest , Hungary )
- Bibliotheca Zriniana ( Čakovec , Croatia , 17th century)
- Duke August Library in Wolfenbüttel
- Abbey Library St. Gallen ( Switzerland )
- Vatican Library , Vatican City
- Bibliotheca Palatina
- Liberei , Braunschweig
- Historical library of the city of Rastatt
- Wallenrodt Library (dispersed or destroyed in 1945)
- State and University Library Königsberg (dispersed or destroyed in 1945)
- Ox-Cart Library , Ohio, USA
- Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
Libraries of the Medieval Islamic World
- Library of the House of Wisdom (Baghdad)
- Library of the House of Wisdom (Cairo)
- Library of Cordoba , built under al-Hakam II .
List of former libraries
Germany
- Bauhaus library
- Cathedral Library Constance
- State and University Library Königsberg
- Polling monastery library
- Dillingen University Library
- Central film library
- Royal State Library (Stuttgart)
- Mannheim court library
Italy
Israel
Latvia
Poland
Switzerland
Hungary
United States
See also: Category: Former Library
See also
- Loss of books in late antiquity
- English Wikipedia: List of destroyed libraries
- English-language Wikipedia: List of libraries in the ancient world