List of libraries in Portugal
This is a list of libraries in Portugal.
Libraries by district/region
Aveiro
Azores
- Biblioteca Municipal Tomaz Borba Vieira, Lagoa, São Miguel Island
- Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional de Ponta Delgada
Beja
Braga
- Raul Brandão Municipal Library, Guimarães[2]
Bragança
- Biblioteca Municipal de Bragança[2]
Castelo Branco
- Biblioteca Municipal de Castelo Branco[2]
Coimbra
- Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbra
- University of Coimbra
- University of Coimbra General Library
- Biblioteca das Ciências da Saúde , University of Coimbra[3]
Évora
- Évora Public Library
Faro
- Biblioteca Municipal de Faro - António Ramos Rosa [2]
Guarda
- Biblioteca Municipal Eduardo Lourenço , Guarda[2]
Leiria
- Biblioteca Municipal Afonso Lopes Vieira , Leiria[2]
Lisboa
- Academy of Sciences of Lisbon Library [4][5]
- Ajuda National Palace Library, Lisbon[5]
- Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino Library[4]
- Biblioteca do Banco de Portugal , Lisbon[4]
- Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Lisbon[6]
- Calouste Gulbenkian Art Library , Lisbon[7]
- Lisbon Newspaper Library [8]
- National Republican Guard Library, Lisbon[8]
- NOVA SBE Library, Carcavelos[9]
- Oeiras Municipal Library[10]
- Passos Manuel Library of the legislature, Lisbon[8]
- Portuguese Army Library, Lisbon[8]
- University Autónoma de Lisboa Library[9]
Madeira
Portalegre
- Biblioteca Municipal de Portalegre [2]
Porto
- Almeida Garrett Library, Porto
- Diana Bar, Póvoa de Varzim
- Municipal Library of Porto[8]
- Rocha Peixoto Municipal Library, Póvoa de Varzim[2]
Santarém
Setúbal
- Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Setúbal[2]
Viana do Castelo
- Biblioteca Municipal de Viana do Castelo [2]
Vila Real
- Montalegre Municipal Library [8]
Viseu
- Biblioteca Municipal D. Miguel da Silva[2]
See also
- in Portuguese
- Directorate-General for Books, Archives and Libraries, Portugal (DGLAB) (in Portuguese)
- List of municipal libraries in Portugal (in Portuguese)
- Mobile Libraries of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1958-2002 (in Portuguese)
- Portuguese Institute of Books and Libraries (in Portuguese)[11]
- Portuguese Public Library Network (in Portuguese)[11]
References
- ^ a b c "CESAREIA: portal das bibliotecas eclesiais portuguesas" [Caesarea: portal of Portuguese ecclesiastical libraries], cesareia.com (in Portuguese), Portugal: Secretariado Nacional para os Bens Culturais da Igreja, archived from the original on 2020-03-18
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Bibliotecas da RNBP" [RNBP Libraries], gov.pt (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas (DGLAB), retrieved 2026-02-19 (Rede Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas / Portuguese Public Library Network)
- ^ "Repertório das Bibliotecas da Área da Saúde" [Directory of Libraries in the Health Area], apdis.pt (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Associação Portuguesa de Documentação e Informação de Saúde / Portuguese Association for Health Documentation and Information
- ^ a b c "Directório de bibliotecas existentes em Lisboa com colecções relevantes nas Artes e Humanidades e Ciências Sociais" [Directory of existing libraries in Lisbon with significant collections in the Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences], bnportugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese), Lisbon: National Library of Portugal, retrieved 2026-02-19
- ^ a b Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book to Spain and Portugal, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1894 – via Internet Archive
- ^ "Directorio de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de ABINIA" [Directory of the National Libraries of ABINIA], asociacionabinia.org (in Spanish), Asociación de Estados Iberoamericanos para el Desarrollo de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica, retrieved 2026-02-19
- ^ "IFLA Members" (PDF), ifla.org, Netherlands: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, 2026-01-06
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Institutions: Portugal", europeana.eu, Netherlands: Europeana Foundation, retrieved 2026-02-19
- ^ a b "List of LIBER Libraries", libereurope.eu, Netherlands: Association of European Research Libraries/LIBER Europe, retrieved 2026-02-19
- ^ "EBLIDA Members", eblida.org, Netherlands: European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations, retrieved 2026-02-19
- ^ a b "Outras Organizações", liberpolis.pt (in Portuguese), LIBERPOLIS (Association for the Promotion of Public Libraries of the Metropolitan Region of Lisbon), archived from the original on 2006-06-15 – via Wayback Machine
This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Edward Edwards (1859), "Libraries of Spain and Portugal", Memoirs of libraries: including a handbook of library economy, vol. 2, London: Trübner & Co., p. 548+ – via HathiTrust
- "Libraries: Spain and Portugal", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 14 (14th ed.), London, 1929, p. 18 – via HathiTrust
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Ann Pescatello (1970). "Relatorio from Portugal: The Archives and Libraries of Portugal and Their Significance for the Study of Brazilian History". Latin American Research Review. 5. US: Latin American Studies Association. JSTOR 2502224.
- Wayne A. Wiegand; Donald G. Davis Jr., eds. (1994). "Portugal". Encyclopedia of Library History. New York: Garland. p. 504+.
- Lawrence J. McCrank (2001). "Iberian Libraries". In David H. Stam (ed.). International Dictionary of Library Histories. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 69+. ISBN 1579582443.
- "Portugal". World Guide to Libraries 2017. Vol. 1 (32nd ed.). Germany: De Gruyter Saur. 2017. ISBN 9783110517514 – via Internet Archive.
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- Associação Portuguesa de Bibliotecários, Arquivistas e Profissionais de Informação e Documentação (BAD) [Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists and Information and Documentation Professionals] (in Portuguese), Lisbon, est.1973
- "Library Map of the World: Portugal", ifla.org, Netherlands: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
- Rede de Bibliotecas Escolares do Ministério da Educação [School Libraries Network of the Ministry of Education] (in Portuguese), Lisbon, est.1985