It is located in the city center, and more specifically in the building of the Municipal Cultural Centre. It was founded in 1933 after the efforts of people of the arts who were wishing for all people of the city to have access to books, literature, and education.
It is considered to be one of the most important and complete libraries of southern Greece. It includes more than 90.000 books, some of them from Medieval times. Apart from books, there are also thousands of journals and also rare hand scripts.