The municipal library, placed at the Braamcamp Freire palace, is one of the largest in the country, with a bibliographic collection of more than 70000 works of art. One of the bibliographic founds with great importance is the Braamcamp Freire library, with acquisitions and offers, manuscripts, the archive of the house itself, old volumes and XIV/XV centuries manuscripts of great historic value, first editions and precious books.

Library with a vast collection of documents and an auditorium.

Modern equipement divided in four floors. Besides the traditional area of books, papers and magazines, the library has a multi functions room for 98 people, a computers room, a multimedia service, a space for the children and the teenagers and spaces for exhibitions, debates and cinema.

Library with a space to release books and a gallery with temporary exhibitions.

The library is situated at the Torreão das Portas da Cidade. Non-members can look up, read or request library material and/or use the internet. The library also provides entertainment activities and organizes exhibitions on various themes.

Located in the Centro de Artes de Sines (Art Centre of Sines), the Library is a modern structure with good equipments. It has a room for reading papers and magazines, a meeting room, an auditorium and working cabinets, a multimedia room, an infantile/juvenile area and the area where one can find all books and documents.

The Municipal Library of Sintra is composed of a general reading room, a papers and magazines area, an infantile and juvenile area, a room for babies, a telltale room, a multimedia and self-formation sector, an area where old documents are preserved, a reading area for blind and impaired people, a multi uses room, a gallery, a bar and tea room, a cybercafe, a municipal shop and a garden.

Library with a vast documentary collection and some technological resources available to users. It also has an area for exhibitions.

Located at the Albuquerques Manor, an 18th century manor. It has a collection of about 1500 books, 710 CDs and 375 videos. It has a reading room, an infantile and juvenilee room, an audiovisuals room and a multi uses room.