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The National Library of Wales |
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 Aberystwyth, Co. Ceredigion
Situated in a rather sober and official looking building near the University campus of Aberystwyth, the National Library of Wales or Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru is one of the UK’s legal deposit libraries with over 4 million deeds and documents and other invaluable material for genealogical research.
The library is also one of the world’s leading centres for Celtic studies and has over 5 millions printed works and manuscripts housed in the Library’s Permanent Exhibition. These works include some of the oldest texts in the Welsh Language, the 12th Century Black Book of Carmarthen and the collection of Welsh legends and stories in the Mabinogion, the first text written in Welsh, the Surexit Memorandum from the 9th Century, the first map of Wales from Ortelius’ Atlas of 1573, the first Welsh dictionary of 1547 and a copy of William Morgan’s Welsh language Bible of 1588.
The National Library is one of Wales’ most important cultural institutions and one of the great libraries of the World, offering a fascinating insight into the rich culture and distinct language of Wales.
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