List of destroyed libraries

Based on the Wikipedia page which has more detail.

Libraries have been deliberately or accidentally destroyed or badly damaged. Sometimes a library is purposely destroyed as a form of cultural cleansing.

There are examples of accidentally destroyed libraries by human actions. Other times they are damaged by natural disasters like earthquakes, floods or accidental fires.

Human action

 * Xianyang Palace and State Archives, China
 * Library of Alexandria, Ancient Egypt
 * Library of Antioch, Ancient Syria
 * Library of the Serapeum
 * Library of Ctesiphon
 * Library of al-Hakam II
 * Library of Rayy
 * Library of Ghazna
 * Library of Nishapur
 * Nalanda
 * Imperial Library of Constantinople
 * House of Wisdom
 * Madrassah Library
 * Bibliotheca Corviniana
 * Glasney College
 * Maya codices of the Yucatán
 * Raglan Library
 * Library of Congress Washington,
 * University of Alabama
 * Royal library of the Kings of Burma
 * Hanlin Academy Library
 * Library of the Catholic University of Leuven
 * Public Records Office of Ireland
 * Institut für Sexualwissenschaft
 * National University of Tsing Hua, University Nan-k'ai, Institute of Technology of He-pei, Medical College of He-pei, Agricultural College of He-pei, University Ta Hsia, University Kuang Hua, National University of Hunan
 * Library of the Catholic University of Leuven
 * National Library of Serbia
 * SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library
 * Załuski Library
 * Lebanese National Library
 * National Library of Cambodia
 * Jaffna Public Library
 * Sikh Reference Library
 * Central University Library of Bucharest
 * Oriental Institute in Sarajevo
 * National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Abkhazian Research Institute of History, Language and Literature & National Library of Abkhazia
 * Pol-i-Khomri Public Library
 * Iraq National Library and Archive, Al-Awqaf Library, Central Library of the University of Baghdad, Library of Bayt al-Hikma, Central Library of the University of Mosul and other libraries
 * Egyptian Scientific Institute
 * Ahmed Baba Institute(Timbuktu library)
 * Libraries of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
 * Saeh Library
 * Mosul University libraries and private Libraries
 * Libraries in Anbar Province
 * Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) (partially?)
 * Mosul public library (Central Public Library in Ninawa)
 * Libraries in Anbar Province
 * Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION)

Natural disasters

 * Library of Celsus, Ephesus
 * Royal Library of Portugal, Ribeira Palace
 * Imperial University Library in Tokyo, Max Müller Library, Nishimura Library, Hoshino Library
 * National Library of Nicaragua Rubén Darío
 * Several libraries, archives, and museums India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Thailand, Sri Lanka as a result of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (See also Wikipedia page )

Fire

 * University of Copenhagen Library (Copenhagen) – October 1728
 * Cotton Library (Huntingdon, England UK) – 23 October 1731
 * Library of Congress (Washington, D.C., USA) – 25 August 1814
 * Birmingham Central Library (Birmingham, England) – 1879
 * University of Virginia Library (Charlottesville, Virginia USA) – 27 October 1895
 * New York State Library (Albany, New York USA) – 29 March 1911
 * British Library (London, England UK) – World War II
 * Jewish Theological Seminary library fire (New York City) – April 18, 1966.
 * Charles A. Halbert Public Library – 1982
 * Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law Library]] (Halifax, Nova Scotia) – August 1985
 * Los Angeles Central Library (Los Angeles, California, USA) – 29 April and 3 September 1986
 * Academy of Sciences Library (Leningrad, USSR) – 14 April 1988
 * Iraq National Library (Baghdad, Iraq) – 15 April 2003
 * Duchess Anna Amalia Library (Weimar, Germany) – 2 September 2004
 * Glasgow School of Art, Rennie Mackintosh Library (Glasgow, Scotland) - 23 May 2014
 * Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) (Moscow, Russia) - 31 January 2015
 * Mzuzu University Library, Malawi