Manuscripts
The collection brings together over 10,000 volumes of manuscripts, of great scientific and documentary value, grouped into 5 funds: Romanian, Greek, Slavonic, Oriental and Western
Historical documents
The more than 600,000 historical documents in the Library of the Romanian Academy illustrate different eras of Romanian history, starting from the 14th century and up to the middle of the 19th century
Seals
Rich collection of seals and emblems held by kings, lords, great and small baronies, free cities, municipalities, secular courts, officers of justice, ecclesiastical dignitaries, religious orders, artisans, reflecting the complexity of medieval life.
Correspondence and autographs
Over 50,000 pieces, organized by fund, in alphabetical and chronological order, containing correspondence and autographs of Romanian and foreign personalities of culture, science and public life
Personal archives
250 personal archive titles belonging to great personalities of Romanian culture: V. Alecsandri, M. Kogălniceanu T. Maiorescu, M. Eminescu, I. Creangă, D.A. Sturdza, I. Ghica, G. Coșbuc, O. Goga, B.P. Hasdeu, Spiru Haret, C. Rădulescu-Motru, L. Rebreanu, etc.
Graphics
The collection brings together works from the Romanian school of engraving starting from the 19th century. 19th century and until today, drawings by the most representative Romanian plastic artists, original engravings and drawings from European and Oriental schools (16th-20th centuries). The collection consists of approximately 95,000 prints and 43,000 drawings.
Photography
400,000 pieces, from the beginnings of photography to today, Romanian and foreign, worked in different techniques, daguerreotypes, calotypes, collodion photographs, up to contemporary techniques. Photos with documentary value and photos with artistic value.
Old and rare book
Old and rare book
Over 6,000 volumes of old Romanian books, representing three centuries of Romanian printing, and over 11,000 volumes of rare books, precious prints due to their age, ornamentation, bindings and the materials they were printed on, of which almost 100 incunabula.
Music
The collection, consisting of approximately 55,000 pieces, has a great documentary value, recording fundamental works of classical music culture, symphonic compositions, operas and operettas, impressive folklore collections, religious music manuscripts, as well as a rich sound library.
Maps
The Map Cabinet of the Romanian Academy Library holds the most valuable and substantial fund of cartographic documents in Romania, an impressive collection consisting of: 16,606 maps, 552 atlases, 250 wall maps, relief maps and planiglobes, 3786 estate plans.