The manuscripts and old prints from the museum’s archive collections have been digitized. Historical documents of the North Bohemian Museum in Liberec can be accessed via Manuscriptorium, a European digital library network. Thanks to grant aid from the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic we have been able to make selected documents from our collections accessible on-line. Historical documents have been fully digitized in AiP Beroun s.r.o. digitisation centre according to the Digital Document Definition for the purposes of preservation, accessibility and permanent storage in the VISK 6 sub-scheme.

Manuscriptorium is a freely accessible digital library which enables ready access to concentrated information on historical resources via sophisticated search tools. The objective of the project is to provide access to existing digital content via integrated tools in order to make it as readily accessible as possible. The digital library therefore aggregates documents from many renowned institutions, extending beyond the countries of the European Union.

„Mittheilungen des Nordböhmischen Gewerbemuseums“ (North Bohemian Industrial Museum News): the magazine was published in 1883–1905. Its periodicity ranged from 4 to 12 issues per year. It gradually transformed from a newspaper supplement into a modern museum magazine of European standard intended for both the general public and experts. In 1906–1914 it was published under the name „Zeitschrift des nordböhmischen Gewerbemuseums – Neue Folge“

The library is open to the public. Books and magazines are available for reference only; they can be browsed in the reading room upon filling out a research form.

You can reserve your required resources in advance by email at knihovna@muzeumlb.cz.

Additional time may be required by the library to deliver certain publications (documents may be located in different stack collections or depositories outside the museum building).

Please use our  on line katalog or Caslin, a comprehensive on-line catalogue of Czech libraries and institutions.

The library collection has not been completely digitized yet. Should you fail to find an item in our on-line catalogue, please contact us.

Bibliographic, reference and search services. The scope of services provided and the usage of library resources are defined in the Library Rules.

Public internet and Wi-Fi connection are available to all users.

E-mail: knihovna@muzeumlb.cz

Telephone: +420 485 246 162

Address: Masarykova 437/11, 460 01 Liberec 1

Mgr. Anna Kašparová

Telephone: 778 718 907

E-mail: knihovna@muzeumlb.cz

Mgr. Lenka Tichá

Telephone: 778 775 145

E-mail: lenka.ticha@muzeumlb.cz

Tuesday and Thursday

13.00–16.00

Other times upon prior agreement

The library of the North Bohemian Museum is one of the oldest libraries of its kind in Europe; it is also the oldest continually operating library in Liberec. Since 1873, the library’s collecting policy has focused on applied arts, visual arts, architecture and history. The library has been used by technical school students and craftsmen as well as the Liberec public. A new building of the museum then offered a generous space to the library where it has been situated to this day. The growing collection of books and periodicals is not used only by the museum staff, but offers other unique uses for anyone interested in research. Today, the library collection consists of several sections in parallel with the specialist departments’ activities. It houses books and periodicals totalling approx. 70,000 volumes.

Since 2002, the museum library has been recorded by the Czech Ministry of Culture in the Register of Libraries, reg. No. 2184, as a library housing a specialised collection.

Interlibrary loans (ILL) are available in compliance with Act No. 257/2001 Coll. Excluded from ILL are documents published before 1925 and particularly rare or endangered books. The requesting library is responsible for loaned items for the entire duration of the loan and may only make them available for reference. Standard loan period is one month.

Book exchange