Městská knihovna Klatovy

Location: Balbínova 59, 339 01 Klatovy · Pilsen Region

Category: city library

Klatovy Municipal Library offers its children's department a rich programme for school groups and after-school clubs – traditional Wednesday afternoons are reserved for school clubs. The library organises a first-grader reader initiation ceremony in cooperation with the ZUŠ Klatovy arts school, meetings with children's book authors and illustrators, seasonal talks, and creative workshops with local painter V. Sika. Summer programmes offer interactive 60-minute visits with games and a tour of the library.

Why visit this place?

• The town public library was set up in Klatovy on 21 December 1859 and its first librarian was grammar school teacher Josef Andrlík.
• It sits in the former Jesuit college at Balbínova 59 and provides regional services for 47 libraries in the Klatovy area.
• Rated 5.0 out of 5 by 27 visitors on Google Maps.
• Besides the tour there are hands-on workshops, so children get to make something themselves.
• Allow roughly an hour; the programme is aimed at preschoolers, lower primary and upper primary.
• There are 25 more tips within 25 km, enough to build a full-day trip.

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Practical information

• Opening hours: Adults: 8:00–18:00; Children's: 13:00–17:00
• Typical visit: 60 min
• Admission: free
• Visitor rating: 5.0 ★ from 27 reviews on Google Maps
• Suitable for: preschool (3–6), primary (6–10), lower secondary (10–15)

For schools

First-grader reader initiation ceremony (in cooperation with ZUŠ), author talks, seasonal discussions (Christmas, Easter), workshops with a painter, computer literacy lessons; summer camps and day camps

Official website: https://www.knih-kt.cz

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