Maps Reading Room
Level 6
Reading Room and Collection
The maps reading room offers a wide range of cartographic materials, cartography publications, and tourist guides, ensuring the acquisition of information about Latvia, various countries, continents, the world in general, and the universe.
The Map Browser offers new opportunities for studying maps of Latvia – searching, selecting, and studying historical maps, searching for place names and addresses, measuring areas and distances, as well as comparing historical cartographic data with modern data.
Holdings
- Maps
- Atlases
- Books on cartography, history of cartography
- Reference publications
- Tourist guides
- Globes
- The Baltic Central Library's collection of cartographic materials – a research-oriented collection that reveals the history of the Baltics and historical East Prussia
Services
- Information services – reference and consultations
- Training in searching for cartographic materials in the electronic resources of the National Library of Latvia
- Thematic tours at the Maps Reading Room for interested groups (by specifying the topic in advance and registering for the tour)
- Available GIS software
- Copying, scanning, printing
Printed works and other materials are intended for on-site use in the reading room.
Contact information
Location: Level 6
Phone: +371 67716031
E–mail: karte@lnb.lv
Open on request, by prior appointment by email or phone.