About Insubria: The Cities

Como: Libraries

Biblioteca Comunale
(Municipal Library)

380,000 ancient and modern books, including incunabula, sixteenth-century editions, collections of scripts and scores.
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 2:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Tuesday 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
The newspaper room and study rooms are open from Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Address: Piazzetta Venosto Lucati, 1
22100 Como
Tel.: 031 270187 - Fax: 031 240183
E-mail: biblioteca@comune.como.it

Biblioteca dei Musei Civici
(Library of the Municipal Museums)

Monographs and journals concerning archaeology, pre-history and proto-history of classic, medieval and post-medieval ages.
Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Address: Biblioteca dei Musei Civici di Como
in Museo archeologico Paolo Giovio
piazza Medaglie d’Oro, 1
22100 Como
Tel.: 031 271343 - Fax 031 268053
E-mail: biblioteca.museicivici@comune.como.it