Along with the huge wealth of its spaces and collections, museums and monuments house valuable documentary resources to learn about and understand the country's history and culture. True treasures of knowledge, they play a crucial role in the preservation and dissemination of our cultural heritage through collections of huge historical relevance.

Bringing together rare manuscripts, reference works, academic theses, exhibition catalogues, specialized documentary funds and relevant publications in the field of art and museology, libraries offer resources for researchers, artists and the general public to deepen their knowledge of the history of museums and monuments.

Each library reflects the specialization of the museum in which it is located, providing documentary collections structured from the respective collections and the type of heritage space. Hundreds of thousands of bibliographic records on the most diverse themes can be consulted in these libraries, most of which of public access.
Information on the collection, regulations and services available in each library can be found on each museum and monument website. http://bibliotecas.patrimoniocultural.pt/ and https://biblioteca.culturanorte.gov.pt/catalogo/winlib.aspx 

Museums, monuments and palaces libraries