Welcome to the Municipal Library of Syros-Ermoupoli
The Municipal Library of Syros was founded in 1926 in Ermoupoli during the mayorship of Epaminondas Pappadam by separating it from the existing library of the Gymnasium of Syros and populating it with approximately 2,000 volumes belonging to the Municipality of Ermoupoli. The core of this first collection was the library of Iakovos Rotas, a close friend of Adamantios Korais and Anthimos Komninos, the Bishop of the Cyclades, which was bequeathed in 1842.
Information for the visitor
Contact details
Phone
Address
Miaouli Square, Syros
biblerm@otenet.gr
Working hours
Winter Hours
(1 October – 31 May)
Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday:
9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Monday and Friday:
2 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Summer Hours
(1 June – 30 September)
Monday – Friday:
9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Our exhibitions
The following exhibitions are hosted at the Municipal Library of Syros.
This permanent exhibition, which forms part of the valuable collection of Michalis Kairis, introduces visitors to the instruments and all objects related to writing as they evolved from antiquity to the present day.
In the early 2000s, the Library’s collection was enriched with the purchase of 19th-century printing machinery from a Syros printing press Moreover, on 19th-century Syros, over 1,500 materials of various forms were printed.
