Library

The MFA Library is an educational, research and cultural centre the purpose of which is the academic training and education of the members of the community it serves. The library collects, processes, and above all makes available material in specialized topics such as Diplomacy, International Relations and International Law, and Foreign Policy. It was founded in order to acquire and utilize information to the benefit of the organisation to which it belongs. It has a collection of approximately 17,000 volumes. As part of its reorganisation that began in 1999 and is currently in progress, new regulations have been drawn up and intensive efforts are being made to improve its infrastructure, enrich it with new book titles and academic journals, and hire new staff.

Of great importance to the Library is the collection of rare publications in Greek and other languages dating from the 17th to the beginning of the 19th century. These volumes were printed from various printing-houses ( Venice , Moscow , Vienna ), especially from those belonging to the Greeks of Diaspora and cover various topics such as archeology, history, philosophy, theology and law. A significant part of the Library's holding consists of the writings of travelers in Greece along with picture books with rare photographic material from the 19th and 20th century.

Finally, the MFA Library holds a large collection of about 600 maps depicting the Greek state in its historical context, as well as territories outside Greece where Hellenism flourished, covering an extensive period of time from the beginning of the 19th century up to middle of the 20th century. In order to guarantee the safekeeping and the exhibition of this material for those who wish to study it or use it for research, the Library has procured the necessary equipment, and has undertaken to make a detailed record of the material.

Until the end of its reorganization, the Library remains closed for non-MFA researchers.