Kyoto Prefectural Library

History

• 1873: Opened as Shushoin Library
• 1898: Opened as the Kyoto Prefectural Library in Kyoto-gyoen
• 1909: Opened as the Kyoto Prefectural Library in Okazaki, Kyoto
• 1963: Many books transferred to the Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives
• 1995: The main building suffered serious damage in the Great Hanshin earthquake
• 2001: Opened as a new building

  Branch libraries

• 1949: Kawaramachi Branch Library opened
• 1950: Fushimi Branch Library opened.
• 1950: Miyazu Region Branch Library opened.
• 1950: Ayabe Region Branch Library opened.
• 1950: Mineyama Region Branch Library opened.
• 1951: Kamigyo Branch Library opened.
• 1952: Sonobe Region Branch Library opened.
• 1952: Kitakuwata Region Branch Library opened.
• 1952: Kizu Region Branch Library opened.
• 1957: Nakagyo Branch Library opened by taking over administration of Kawaramachi Branch Library.