Free libraries & public buildings around the world

223 places

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Burton Barr Central Library

Phoenix

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Seattle Central Library

Seattle

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Denver Central Library

Denver

Salt Lake City Public Library

Salt Lake City

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FamilySearch Library

Salt Lake City

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Detroit Public Library

Detroit

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Indiana State Library

Indianapolis

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Cleveland Public Library

Cleveland

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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

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George Peabody Library

Baltimore

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Providence Athenaeum

Providence

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Rosenberg Library

Galveston

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Beinecke Rare Book Library

New Haven

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Folger Shakespeare Library

Washington DC

Los Angeles Central Library

Los Angeles

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Parkway Central Library

Philadelphia

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Southbank Centre

London

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BnF Richelieu Oval Room

Paris

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Shakespeare and Company

Paris

Biblioteca delle Oblate

Florence

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Libreria Acqua Alta

Venice

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Chetham’s Library

Manchester

Free at certain times

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Toronto Reference Library

Toronto

Beitou Public Library

Taipei

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State Library Mortlock Wing

Adelaide

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Biblioteca Salaborsa

Bologna

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Sterling Memorial Library

New Haven

Utrecht Central Library

Utrecht

Leakey’s Bookshop

Inverness

Dokk1

Aarhus

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Sendai Mediatheque

Sendai

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Kanazawa Umimirai Library

Kanazawa

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National Library Mariano Moreno

Buenos Aires

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Alaska State Capitol

Juneau

Kingston City Hall

Kingston

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Kaisa House library

Helsinki

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Cărturești Carusel

Bucharest

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Palazzo Ducale courtyards

Genoa

Livraria de Santiago

Óbidos

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Forum Groningen

Groningen

Qatar National Library

Doha

Fiordland National Park Visitor Centre

Te Anau

Jackson Hole Visitor Center

Jackson

Flagstaff Visitor Center

Flagstaff

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Turku Main Library

Turku

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Raczyński Library

Poznań

Photo: Dr. Mirko Junge, CC BY-SA 3.0

Carolina Rediviva

Uppsala

Carré d’Art library

Nîmes