26 of the Coolest College Libraries in the U.S.

From the high-tech to the Hogwarts-esque, these libraries are so stunning you'll actually want to go study.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library – University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

 

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Bapst Art Library – Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)

 

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Barret Library – Rhodes College (Memphis, TN)

 

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library – Yale University (New Haven, CT)

 

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Butler Library – Columbia University (New York, NY)

 

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Doe Library - University of California, Berkeley

 

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Firestone Library – Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)

 

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Fisher Fine Arts Library – University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

 

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Fleet Library – Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)

 

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Geisel Library – University of California, San Diego (San Diego, CA)

 

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George A. Smathers Libraries – University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

 

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George Peabody Library – Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

 

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J. Willard Marriott Library – University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)

 

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Joe and Rika Mansueto Library – University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

 

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Powell Library – University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

 

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Richard Klarchek Information Commons – Loyola University (Chicago, IL)

 

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Riggs Library – Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.)

 

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Rush Rhees Library – University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

 

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Suzzallo Library – University of Washington (Seattle, WA)

 

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Thompson Memorial Library – Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY)

 

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Uris Library – Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)

 

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Widener Library – Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)

 

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William W. Cook Legal Research Library – University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

 

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Williston Library - Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA)

 

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Wilson Library – University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC)

 

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Woodruff Library – Emory University (Atlanta, GA)

 

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