D&D 5E Post your pictures of your favorite Libraries here! (Candlekeep inspiration)

[Eyes of Nine]

Throw in pictures of the coolest libraries you know. Outside or inside. Drawings or photos. Fantastic or realistic. Heck, it may be your own games library!

Inspiration for Candlekeep play...
Sure, I could use Pinterest and other locations. But why should I?



I'll kick us off:

 

[darjr]

Oh crap what a great idea!!!!
mine has to be the Library of Alexandria

Library of Alexandria | Description, Facts, & Destruction

Library of Alexandria, the most famous library of Classical antiquity. It formed part of the research institute at Alexandria in Egypt that is known as the Alexandrian Museum. The library was named after Alexander the Great, who initiated the collection of documents in 334 BCE.

www.britannica.com

 

[Eyes of Nine]

I have no idea what's going on here, but apparently this was a drawing of a library from the middle ages.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

And here's the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

Bodleian Library - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[BookTenTiger]

Not the most beautiful library on earth, but the small, intimate Stevenson Library at UC Santa Cruz was both the quietest place I have ever been and my favorite nap spot.

Now take that picture, and add a thick fog on a cold night, streetlights glowing and a stack of mythology textbooks in front of you... and your eyes... slowly... drifting... shut...

 

[Stormonu]

Scatter my ashes here, at Trinity College:

Wish I'd gone to this elementary school (Wallace A. Smith):

 

[Khelon Testudo]

Throw in pictures of the coolest libraries you know. Outside or inside. Drawings or photos. Fantastic or realistic. Heck, it may be your own games library!

Inspiration for Candlekeep play...
Sure, I could use Pinterest and other locations. But why should I?



I'll kick us off:

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Where is the second library?

 

[Retreater]

As a professional librarian, I do not have the fantastical view of them that many do. To me they are not mystical repositories or darkened fonts of knowledge. They are government buildings, like a Parks and Rec office. They are not mysterious. They are full of children playing, adults completing job applications, little old ladies getting romance novels.
The theme of Candlekeep is an instant mood killer for me. It's like having the adventurers be postal carriers.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

The Long Room is a jaw-dropping sight, to be sure.

Scatter my ashes here, at Trinity College:

This is one of the sections of my local public library. The floors are translucent and have a faint illumination from the light below when it's dark:

And this was the local library in one of the places I grew up. I remember reading Endless Quest books and Poortvliet and Huygen's Gnomes there:

 

[SirGrotius]

There's a house for sale in my area that for some reason seems as though one would find a mysterious tome or adventure therein: