This is a list of libraries in the Netherlands. There were about 579 public libraries in the Netherlands in 1997.
National, regional and state libraries
Municipal libraries
Specialized libraries
- Afrika-Studiecentrum library, African library and archive, Leiden
- American Library in Middelburg.
- Artis Library, natural history library, Amsterdam
- Atria Institute on gender equality and women's history, public library and research institute dedicated to research and policy advice on gender equality and to the documentation and archival of women's history, Amsterdam
- Bibliotheca Klossiana, oldest library on Freemasonry in the world, The Hague
- Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, a private library on hermeticism, Amsterdam
- Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, Jewish cultural and historical collection, Amsterdam
- Bibliotheca Thysiana, 17th century library in Leiden
- Cuypers Library, the largest and oldest art historical library in the Netherlands with a 19th-century reading room, Rijksmuseum Research Library, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Research Library, the library of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Digital Library for Dutch Literature, The Hague
- Hector Hodler Library, one of the largest Esperanto libraries, Rotterdam
- IHLIA LGBT Heritage, international archive and documentation center on homosexuality, bisexuality and transgender, Amsterdam
- KNBF Bondsbibliotheek, a philatelic library in Houten, near Utrecht
- Maastricht University Special Collections, the heritage library of Maastricht University
- Muziekbibliotheek van de Omroep, library of the Music Broadcasting Center, Hilversum
- Netherlands Institute for Art History (Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), largest art history centre in the world, The Hague
- Peace Palace Library, one of the oldest libraries dedicated to international law, The Hague
- Tresoar, Frisian History and Literature Center, Leeuwarden
- Zuid-Afrikahuis library, South African library and archive, Amsterdam
University libraries
See also
References
Further reading
External links