Municipal Library "Paisii Hilendarski"

The year 1859 is considered to be the beginning of the library - the year of the establishment of the Samokov Community Center, since official documents bearing a seal and stored in the National Library "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" date from that time. In 1970, a separate reading room of the library was opened for the first time. Since 1976, the library has been under the authority and budget of the municipality and is now a Municipal Community Center Library. Since 2003, it has been fully financed by the municipality and has become the Municipal Library "Paisiy Hilendarski".

The library implemented a project with its participation in the "Global Libraries" program, which set itself the goal of transforming public libraries into centers providing easy and equal access to information, knowledge, communications and electronic services. In 2013, the Municipal Library "Paisiy Hilendarski" was among the three libraries in the country nominated for the "Library of the Year" award of the Bulgarian Library and Information Association.