J. N. Petit Library

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J. N. Petit Library
18°56′04″N 72°49′57″E / 18.9345°N 72.8324°E / 18.9345; 72.8324
Location	Dadabhai Naoroji Road, Azad Maidan Fort - 400001, India
Type	Membership library
Established	1898
Architect(s)	Merwanjee Bana
Branches	1
Collection
Items collected	Rare gold-leaf illustrated manuscript of 11th-century epic poem Shahnameh by Ferdowsi
Size	c. 150,000[1]
Access and use
Members	c. 2000[1]

The J. N. Petit Library (officially the J. N. Petit Institute) is a membership library in a Grade II heritage structure in Fort, Mumbai. It was founded in 1898 by a group of Parsi students studying at Elphinstone College.^[2] Membership is open to residents of Mumbai.^[3]

The library is one of the finest examples of Neo-Gothic architecture in Mumbai.^[4] In 2014–15, it was restored by a team led by the conservation architect Vikas Dilawari. The restoration project won the Award of Distinction under the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2015.^[4]