World's Biggest and Famous Libraries

#1 ; The National Library,Vienna(Austria)

The national Library of Vienna in Austria is considered to be one of the most largest libraries in the world. It contains a collection of papyri consisting of 81,000 items,12,00,000 printed books and manuscripts. Also there is a music collection containing 19,000 volumes of printed and 12,000 music manuscripts.

#2;Munich State Library ( Germany):

It compromises of 2.5 million volumes and is considered to be the biggest library in Germany.

#3;British Museum Library (UK):

It was established in 1959.It has six million printed books and 60,000 manuscripts. In World War II (1939-45) one hundred and fifty thousand books were destroyed by air raid..

 #4;National Library,Paris (France):

It is considered to be the one of the biggest libraries in the world. It comprises of over six million books..

#5;State Library,Berlin(Germany):

It was established between the years 1659-61. In 1947 it was amalgamated with the Berlin University Library. Prior to the World WarI(1914-18) it had 2.85 million books. On the whole now there are fifteen lakh books in the new library.Amongst Germany's other biggest libraries are:University of Bonn(8,00,000),Freidburg(12,00,000) and Munich(25,00,000).

#6;Vatican Library,Vatican(Italy):

The Vatican Library contains many valuable and rare books of Christians. It also has rare manuscripts..

#7;Lenin State Library,Moscow(Russia):

It comprises of the hundred and fifty million books,magazines and manuscripts.Some historical documents are also preserved in this library..

#8;The National Diet Library,Tokyo(Japan):

#9;The National Diet Library,Tokyo(Japan)

The national Library of Tokyo contains 4.1 million books while the University Library of Tokyo has 18,25,000 books..

#10;National Imperial Library,Kolkata (India):

This is India's Biggest library and contains 500,000 books and manuscripts..
Description:  It started when the Calcutta Public Library was established on March 21, 1836 with the combined efforts of Dwarkanath Tagore and Peary Chand Mitra , though the idea was borrowed from J.H. Stocqueler, editor of the Englishman. That library was housed at Esplanade Row, Calcutta. There were several kinds of membership. One could even become a ‘proprietor’ by paying Rs. 300! A marble bust of the first ‘Proprietor’, Dwarkanath Tagore, still stands at the entrance of the National Library. Since then, during its 100 years of journey the library has changed its location several times – from Dr. Grant’s residence in the public library days to Fort William(July, 1841) for a brief period and then to the historic Metcalfe Hall(1844) and from there on to the Foreign Office building at Esplanade in 1923. During the war emergency it was shifted to Jabakusum House in Chittaranjan Avenue in 1941 but was moved back again to Esplanade in 1948 and finally to Belvedere Estate, which was the former vice regal palace. It was then that the Imperial Library was converted into a National Library by the Government of India, following the passing of the Imperial Library (Change of Name) Act, 1948.

#11;Punjab Public Library,Lahore(Pakistan):

Amongst the public libraries this is the biggest library in Pakistan,established in 1884.It has 4,00,000 books and manuscripts.A quranic section has been added in the upper storey of the library which houses old and rare copies of the Holy Quran,translated in many languages of the World..

#12;Congress Library ,New York(USA):

It was established in 1800 and contains more than 43.5 million books.Each year many thousand
 books are added in the library..
More::It still holds the title of the largest library ever built in the world. It is found in Washington, D.C. in America which was built in 1800. It has 151, 785, 778 items which includes the 33,012, 750 books. Its current director is James H. Billington, and it has a total staff of 3,597 to cater to the needs of their visitors, and members. If you have watched the National Treasure 2 movie which was star by Nicholas Cage, it was the same library where hidden book is located. This library aims to provide information about science, history, culture, and philosophy. Hence, it’s only open to the public, but with limitation to the Congress, and other high ranking officials in America. However, it also serves as one of the tourist attraction where they can also visit for academic research. It is also the oldest library that you can see in the United States.

#More;World's other notable Libraries List

• Toronto,Canada(1,00,000 volumes),
• Amsterdam University's  library (15,00,000 books) and 
• National Library Argentina (6,00,000)

• New York Public Library (14,685,192 books)

•  Institute for Scientific Information Russian Academy of Sciences (13.5 million books)

•  Harvard University Library (16,000,000 books)

•  Deutsche Bibliothek (24,487,010 books)

•  National Library Canada (26,006,054 books)

•  National Library of China (28,980,777 books)
• Russian State Library (More than 17 million books)