List of libraries in the Czech Republic

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This is a list of libraries in the Czech Republic.

Libraries by region

Central Bohemian

• Central Bohemian Research Library  [ Wikidata ], Kladno ^[1]
• Roudnice Lobkowicz Library, Nelahozeves

Hradec Králové

• Hradec Králové City Library  [ Wikidata ] ^[1]

Karlovy Vary

• Karlovy Vary Regional Library  [ Wikidata ]
• Sokolov City Library  [ Wikidata ]

Liberec

• Regional Scientific Library in Liberec  [ Wikidata ]

Moravian-Silesian

• Library of the University of Ostrava  [ Wikidata ]
• Moravian-Silesian Research Library  [ Wikidata ], Ostrava ^[2]
• Ostrava City Library  [ Wikidata ]
• Technical University of Ostrava, Central Library  [ Wikidata ] ^[2]

Olomouc

• Palacky University Library  [ Wikidata ], Olomouc ^[2]
• Research Library in Olomouc ^[3]

Pardubice

• Regional Library in Pardubice  [ Wikidata ]

Plzeň

• Pilsen City Library  [ Wikidata ] ^[1]
• West Bohemia University Library, Plzeň ^[2] (Czech: Univerzitní knihovně ZČU v Plzni)

Prague

• Charles University, Central Library  [ Wikidata ] ^[2]
• Czech National Library of Medicine  [ Wikidata ]
• Czech National Library of Technology ^[2]
• Czech National Museum Library  [ Wikidata ]
• Library and Printing House for the Blind  [ Wikidata ]
• Libri Prohibiti
• Municipal Library of Prague ^[4]
• National Library of the Czech Republic ^[5]
  • Slavonic Library in Prague
• National Pedagogical Museum and Library of J. A. Comenius in Prague ^[3]
• Parliamentary Library, Parliament of the Czech Republic  [ Wikidata ]
• Strahov Monastery Library  [ Wikidata ]

South Bohemian

• South Bohemian Scientific Library  [ Wikidata ], České Budějovice
• University of South Bohemia Library  [ Wikidata ], České Budějovice

South Moravian

• Jiří Mahen Library in Brno  [ Wikidata ] ^[1]
• Moravian Library, Brno ^[2]

Ústí nad Labem

• Jan Evangelista Purkyne University Research Library  [ Wikidata ]

Vysočina

• Municipal Library of Jihlava  [ Wikidata ]

Zlín

• Kroměříž Archbishop's Castle Library  [ Wikidata ]

See also

• Association of Library and Information Professionals of the Czech Republic
• List of archives in the Czech Republic
• Mass media in the Czech Republic

in Czech

• Directory of libraries and information institutions in the Czech Republic (in Czech)

References

1. "List of IAML members", iaml.cz, Prague: Czech National Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, retrieved 2026-02-09
2. "List of LIBER Libraries", libereurope.eu, Netherlands: Association of European Research Libraries/LIBER Europe, retrieved 2026-02-09
3. "Institutions: Czech Republic", europeana.eu, Netherlands: Europeana Foundation, retrieved 2026-02-09
4. "IFLA Members" (PDF), ifla.org, Netherlands: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, 2026-01-06
5. "EBLIDA Members", eblida.org, Netherlands: European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations, retrieved 2026-02-09

This article incorporates information from the Czech Wikipedia.

Further reading

• Vaclav Mostecky (1956). "The Library under Communism: Czechoslovak Libraries from 1948 to 1954". Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy. 26. US. JSTOR   4304516.
• Francis J. Kase (1961). "Public Libraries in Czechoslovakia under the Unified Library System". Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy. 31. US. JSTOR   4305095.
• Jaroslav Vrchotka (1994). "Czechoslovakia". In Wayne A. Wiegand; Donald G. Davis Jr. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Library History. New York: Garland. p. 174+.
• Hana de Goeij (2016-07-22), "Why Libraries Are Everywhere in the Czech Republic", nytimes.com, US

External links

• AKVŠ [Association of Libraries of Czech Universities] (in Czech)
• SDRUK [Czech Republic Library Association] (in Czech)
• "Library Map of the World: Czechia", ifla.org, Netherlands: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions