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Another in my series of libraries
Stony Island Arts Bank library, Chicago
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Stony Island Arts Bank library, Chicago - massively tall bookstacks filling every inch of walls, two comfy armchairs
November 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Another in my series of libraries
Stephen A. Schwarzman Library, New York
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Stephen A. Schwarzman Library, New York - long room with wooden ceiling decorated with murals, chandeliers, long tables with chairs and lamps, bookstacks along sides, high windows
October 30, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
St Louis Public Library
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Black-and-white photo of St Louis Public Library - long hall with marble floor, high arched windows at end and on one side, coffered ceiling, chandeliers, tables and chairs
October 29, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Squire Law Library, University of Cambridge
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Squire Law Library, University of Cambridge - showing curving glass windows above atrium, and upper level with large bookstacks and computer desks
October 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Rijksmuseum library, Netherlands
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Rijksmuseum library, Netherlands - multiple tall levels of bookstarcks, high windows with visible rays of sunlight streaming through
October 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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I feel guilty for just posting a photo of the Seeley Library in my beautiful library series. So here's a proper photo of a library:
Skywalker Ranch library
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Skywalker Ranch library - circular stained-glass dome, two levels of tall shelves with curving and ornate wooden staircase leading to upper balcony, Art Nouveau-style lamps and details
October 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Raza Library, India
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Raza Library, India - large onion dome with ribbed pattern on tower, surrounded by smaller domes and chhatris, deep-red, ochre, and cream tones
October 25, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Seeley History Library, Cambridge
As a former user of this library, I'm not sure any of us called it beautiful! Famous for leaking, overheating, excessive sunlight
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Seeley History Library, University of Cambridge - designed by James Stirling and James Gowan, concrete slabs, red brick, stepped pyramidal glass and steel canopy
October 27, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Radcliffe Camera, University of Oxford
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Radcliffe Camera, University of Oxford - exterior, circular with dome, stone
October 23, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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Another in my series of libraries
The Queen's College library, Oxford
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The Queen's College library, Oxford - long room with highly decorated white plaster ceiling and walls, tall freestanding bookcases with ancient tomes, large globes encased in glass along the room
October 22, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
House of Peruvian Literature, Lima
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Bright yellow exterior of House of Peruvian Literature, Lima
October 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Another in my series of libraries
Pembroke College library, Cambridge
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Pembroke College library, Cambridge - arched beams over long hall of wooden bookcases
October 20, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
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Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge - long green room with barrel-vaulted ceiling, tall bookshelves along wall, lower bookshelves in front, portrait hanging high on end wall
October 19, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Oxford Union library, with Pre-Raphaelite murals
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Oxford Union library - Pre-Raphaelite murals on walls, by William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, lobed windows, two levles of bookstacks with upper balustrade
October 18, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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Another in my series of libraries
Oriel College library, Oxford
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Oriel College library, Oxford - high white ceilings, talwindows onletting sunlight stream in one side, two levels of tall booksheves with ancient tomes, red carpet down middle with hardwood floor, littles desks with small red lamps and small green curtain at top for privacy
October 16, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Nova Scotia Legislative Library
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Nova Scotia Legislative Library - beautiful sweep of a cast-iron staircase to second level with ironwork balustrades, decorative ironwork at top of bookcases, portraits of no-doubt important legislators
October 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Another in my series of libraries
National Library of Peru
- housed in the neoclassical former Desamparados Train Station
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National Library of Peru - splendid stained glass and skylight ceiling, columns
October 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Another in my series of libraries
National Library of Bhutan
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National Library of Bhutan - exterior in snow, 4-storeyed eight-cornered traditional building designed to look like temple National Library of Bhutan - shelves of manuscripts in between boards, wrapped in coloured silk
October 13, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
National Library of Chile
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National Library of Chile - three balustraded levels of grand wood bookshelves, fine chandelier, large tables and armchairs, lofty ceiling with large skylight
October 12, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Another in my series of libraries
Nakanoshima Library, Osaka
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Nakanoshima Library, Osaka - splendid wood-balustraded double staircase, white walls in Neo-Baroque style
October 11, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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As my post of the Morgan Library yesterday was so popular, here's another image from it - with a tapestry called 'The Triumph of Avarice'
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Morgan Library's fireplace with tapestry, The Triumph of Avarice, by Pieter Coecke van Aelst
October 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Morgan Library, New York
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Morgan Library, New York - colourful frescoed ceiling, 3 tiers of walnut bookshelves with wrought-iron railings
October 10, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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Okay, so I also really need to post these photos - of a secret spiral staircase concealed behind a bookshelf in the Morgan Library, to access the upper levels
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Morgan Library, bookshelves that are a secret door, partially open, leading to a concealed spiral staircase Morgan Library, bookshelves that are a secret door, fully open, leading to a concealed spiral staircase
October 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Merton College library, Oxford
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Merton College library, Oxford - old freestanding wooden shelves lined with old tomes, vaulted ceiling
October 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Max Reinhardt Library, Austria
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Max Reinhardt Library, Austria - Rich wooden decorated bookshelves, funky twisted railings on balcony, old wooden table with chairs and lamp, doorway leading to finely furnished sitting room
October 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM