Most visited special libraries

Most visited special libraries ranked by visitors per year.

Last updated . Source: Wikidata.

As of 2026-10-12, Biblioteca Queriniana, Brescia tops the list with 416,500 visitors/year.

  1. #1 Biblioteca Queriniana, Brescia — 416,500 visitors/year

    historical library in Brescia, Italy

    The Biblioteca Queriniana is a public library with a rich collection of ancient manuscripts, located on Via Giuseppe Mazzini in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy. The library was founded in 1747 and owes the nucleus of its collection to Cardinal Angelo Maria Querini (1680–1755). Read more on Wikipedia.

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  2. #2 Biblioteca di agricoltura Antonio Bizzozero — 240,000 visitors/year

    special library in Italy

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  3. #3 Biblioteca Umberto Balestrazzi — 240,000 visitors/year

    special library in Italy

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  4. #4 Museo Galileo — 168,041 visitors/year

    Italian museum for the history of science

    Museo Galileo is located in Florence, Italy, in Piazza dei Giudici, along the River Arno and close to the Uffizi Gallery. The museum, dedicated to astronomer and scientist Galileo Galilei, is housed in Palazzo Castellani, an 11th-century building which was then known as the Castello d'Altafronte. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  5. #5 Biblioteca d'arte dei musei civici di Torino — 153,636 visitors/year

    special library in Italy

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  6. #6 Library of the Pontifical Gregorian University — 65,015 visitors/year

    academic library in Rome

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  7. #7 Museo Beniamino Gigli — 58,876 visitors/year

    Museum in Recanati, Italy

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  8. #8 Biblioteca di storia moderna e contemporanea — 56,677 visitors/year

    Italian library in Roma

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  9. #9 Biblioteca Don Bosco di Roma — 52,000 visitors/year

    library

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  10. #10 Biblioteca comunale dei ragazzi Virgilio Canzi — 50,000 visitors/year

    special library in Italy

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