One summer while on a monastery library crawl of Austria, we made a stop at the Abbey of St. Florian in Sankt Florian, Austria. The abbey is a shrine to St. Florian, the patron saint against flood and fire and…
Sometimes our fellow bibliophiles like to share photos of their travels with us. And like us, their travels inevitably include bookstores and libraries. Enjoy these photos of Atlantis Books on Santorini. Additional links: Atlantis Books website On a Greek Island,…
Some things that have caught my eye recently… L’Annexe : A new bar with bookshelves arranged by color opens in Washington DC. “…enjoy a daily chapter in the literature of life.” Library Architecture: How a modern public library ended up…
Our featured library today is the Boston Central Library, part of the Boston Public Library system in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Central Library is located in Copley Square in Boston’s Back Bay. It consists of the McKim Building and the Johnson…
In honor of National Library Week, we’re featuring libraries we’ve encountered in our travels. Our first stop is the first public library in California – the Monterey Public Library. Established in 1849, the Monterey Public Library started out as a shareholders library with the first members paying…
