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libraries A library is a collection of Document, materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or electronic media, digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

National and public libraries

* Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), Brussels * Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Antwerp * Permeke Library, Antwerp *, the public library of Bruges * Bibliothèque des Affaires Etrangères, which includes the Bibliothèque Africaine (est. 1885) * Library of the Federal Service of Justice; Brussels. * Library of the Royal Botanic Society, Meise. * Library of the National Archives. * Library of the Chanchelor of the Prime Ministers' Cabinet.

Museum libraries

* Library of the AMSAB, Social History, Ghent. * Library of the Design Museum Ghent. * Library of the Institute Dr. Ghuislain, Ghent. * Library of the MIAT, Ghent. * Library of the MIM, Brussels. * Library of the MOMU, Antwerp. * Library of the MUHKA, Antwerp. * Library of the Passchendaele Memorial. * Library of the

Plantin-Moretus Museum The Plantin-Moretus Museum ( nl, Plantin-Moretusmuseum) is a printing museum in Antwerp, Belgium which focuses on the work of the 16th-century printers Christophe Plantin and Jan Moretus. It is located in their former residence and printing esta ...

. * Library of the Royal Army museum, Brussels. * Library of the

Royal Museum of Central Africa The Royal Museum for Central Africa or RMCA ( nl, Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika or KMMA; french: Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale or MRAC; german: Königliches Museum für Zentralafrika or KMZA), also officially known as the AfricaMuse ...

, Tervuren. * Library of the SMAK, Ghent. * Library of the Jewish Museum, Brussels * Library of the Royal Institute of Natural sciences * Library of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium * Library of the Royal Museums of Art and History * Library of the Museum Mayer van den Bergh * Library of the

Antwerp Zoo Antwerp Zoo ( nl, ZOO Antwerpen) is a zoo in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. It is the oldest animal park in the country, and one of the oldest in the world, established on 21 July 1843. ...

Libraries of abbeys and religious institutions

* Library of

Affligem Abbey Affligem Abbey ( nl, Abdij Affligem, french: Abbaye d'Affligem) is a Benedictine abbey in the municipality of Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, to the north-west of Brussels. Dedicated in 1086, it was the most important monastery in the Du ...

* Library of

Averbode Abbey Averbode Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey situated in Averbode, in the municipality Scherpenheuvel-Zichem (Flemish Brabant), in the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels in Belgium. It was founded about 1134, suppressed in 1797, and reestablished ...

* Library of

Bornem Abbey Bornem Abbey is the only Cistercian abbey of Common Observance in the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. The current Abbey is the successor of the former St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem, destroyed in the French Revolution. Both are built in honour ...

* Library of

Chevetogne Abbey Chevetogne Abbey, also known as the Monastery of the Holy Cross, is a Catholic Benedictine monastery dedicated to Christian unity located in the Belgian village of Chevetogne in the municipality of Ciney, province of Namur, halfway between Brusse ...

* Library of Dendermonde Abbey * Library of

Grimbergen Abbey Grimbergen Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery in Grimbergen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, established in 1128 in the place of an earlier foundation of Augustinian Canons. The abbey itself was dissolved in 1796 in the aftermath of the French ...

* Library of

Keizersberg Abbey Keizersberg Abbey, also known as Mont César Abbey ( nl, Abdij van Keizersberg; french: Abbaye du Mont-César) is a Benedictine monastery on the hill ''Keizersberg'' or ''Mont César'' in the north of the university town of Leuven, Belgium. Hi ...

* Library of

Maredsous Abbey Maredsous Abbey is a Benedictine monastery at Maredsous, in the municipality of Anhée, Wallonia, Belgium. It is a founding member of the Annunciation Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation. The abbey was founded as a priory on 15 No ...

* Library of

Park Abbey Park Abbey ( nl, Abdij van Park; also Parc Abbey) is a Premonstratensian abbey in Belgium, at Heverlee just south of Leuven, in Flemish Brabant. The '' Annales Parchenses'' were written here in the 12th century. History The abbey was founded i ...

* Library of

Tongerlo Abbey Tongerlo Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery at Tongerlo in Westerlo near Antwerp, Belgium. History It was founded in 1128 in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Giselbert of Kasterlee, who not only gave the land, but also himself became a ...

* Library of The Carmelite monastery, Ghent * Library of the Maior Seminary, Ghent * Library of the Maior Seminary, Bruges * Library of the Augustinians, Ghent

Private libraries

* Private Library of the King, Laeken * Bibliotheca Wittockiana * Library of the Magistrate; Palais de Justice, Brussels * Library of the Bar Association; Palais de Justice, Brussels. * Library of the Bar Association; Palais de Justice, Antwerp. * Library of the Bar Association; Palais de Justice, Ghent.

University libraries

* Library of Saint-Luc, Ghent. *

Ghent University Library Ghent University Library ( nl, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent) is located in the city of Ghent, Belgium. It serves the university community of students and scholarly researchers. History After Ghent University was founded in 1817, books confiscated ...

(''Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent'') *

Academic libraries in Leuven The city of Leuven in Belgium was the seat of three successive universities, each of which had a notable academic library. The Library of the Old University The Old University of Leuven founded in 1425 had a collegiate structure with no central ...

(''Universiteitsbibliotheek Leuven'') * University of Antwerp Library (''Universiteitsbibliotheek Antwerpen'') * Maurits Sabbe - Library, Leuven *

Boekentoren The Boekentoren (Dutch for ''Book Tower'') is a famous building located in Ghent, Belgium, designed by the Belgian architect Henry van de Velde. It is part of the Ghent University Library and currently houses 3 million books. The Boekentoren is di ...

- Ghent University. * Library of the Royal conservatory, Brussels. * Library of the Royal Conservatory, Ghent. * Library of the Lemmens Institute. * Academic Library of Defence. * Library of the Royal Military academy.

External links

Belgian Association for DocumentationList of Libraries in Belgium

References

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Libraries A library is a collection of Document, materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or electronic media, digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a ...

National and public libraries

Museum libraries

Libraries of abbeys and religious institutions

Private libraries

University libraries

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