Rare Books and Archives Reading Room

Located on the 3rd floor.

Contact details: rara@nlib.ee, 630 7301

Reading room is open 

Mon-Fri           12 p.m. - 5 p.m. 
        Sat           Closed

To use personal archives, please make an appointment beforehand by phone or e-mail arhivaar@nlib.ee Anniki Vahkal tel. 630 7346.

In the Rare Books and Archival Collection Reading Room you can use: 

• archival collection items, in case there are no other copies in the Library, 

• items of the rare books collection, 

• personal archives

The reference collection in the Reading Room contains

• literature on rare books

• publications on cultural and book history

• the history of binding and geneology

• bibliographies

• dictionaries

• reference publications.

Our specialists answer information enquires, provide professional consultation and assist in

• finding relevant publications for rare book research topics 

• attributing defective rare publications 

• identifying the cultural value of rare publications 

• providing information related to national items 

• finding out archival documents