National Museum Library

The National Museum Library is located in the New building of the National Museum, Vinohradská 1, 110 00 Prague 1.
It is a public attendance library, making its materials available for reference in Study Rooms... More >>

Announcement about new opening hours in Study Room in Terezín
Due to technical reasons manuscripts and early prints will be available for study and research on Tuesdays 10 AM - 4 PM only until revocation.
Books of other departments (Central Library Dept., Journals Dept., Book Culture Dept.) remain available also on Wednesdays 10 AM - 3 PM.

National Museum Library Announcement:

Dear researchers,
all LNM departments, except the Journals Department, which is still at its permanent address in the Royal hunting preserve #56 (Královská obora 56), Prague 7 and the Book Museum, have been moved from the historic palace of the National Museum to new homes... More >>

Due to a required audit of the transported library, services in the studies will be on a limited basis at first.

Study Rooms of the National Museum Library:

Study Room in the National Museum New Building, 2nd floor, Vinohradská 1, Prague 1
- audited books will be available from the central library (see list of available titles), as well as manuscript fragments, unique old prints and shopkeeper's printing blocks
Study Room in the Central depository II in Terezín, Prokopa Holého 78, Terezín (former Hamburg barracks)
- manuscripts, old prints, materials of book culture, Bohemian periodicals issued after 2000, Slovak periodicals issued up to 1992 will be available here
Study Room of the Journal Department, Královská obora 56, 170 76 Prague 7
- Bohemian periodicals - newspapers and magazines, which were and are issued in Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia to 1992 will be available here
Study Room in the Zbraslav palace, Bartoňova 1, 156 00, Prague 5
- the National Revival collections and audited books of the central library will be available here

List of book shelfmarks available for reference in LNM Study Rooms

Shelfmark: 1-65, 101-108, 133 – 161, 162-170, 171-200, 220-254, 255, 256-260, 300-306, 501-509, R II D, Umění... More >>

Information about availability of audited volumes will be continuously updated.

More information

Almost all material from the Book Culture Department is currently stored in the Central Depository II. in Terezín... More >>

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New operating hours of the Book museum in Žďár nad Sázavou

Tours are conducted only with a guide, starting always on the hour: 9am, 10am, 11am, noon, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. The last tour starts at 3pm.

Tours arranged in advance by telephone or Internet are given priority. Individuals with a reservation may join a group with a reservation, up to the capacity of the tour guide (30 people maximum), or wait until the next scheduled hourly tour.