National Library of Argentina

National Library Mariano Moreno
Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno
The current building, photographed in 2013
Map
LocationAgüero 2502
Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
TypeNational Library
Established1810; 214 years ago (1810)
Architect(s)Clorindo Testa, Francisco Bullrich and Alicia Cazzaniga[1]
Collection
Size1,000,000 registries
Other information
BudgetA$ 651,345,809 (2018)
DirectorJuan Sasturain
Employees746 (2020)
Websitebn.gov.ar

The Mariano Moreno National Library (Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno) is the largest library in Argentina. It is located in the barrio of Recoleta in Buenos Aires. The library is named after Mariano Moreno, one of the ideologists of the May Revolution[2] and its first director.

The National Library is an agency under the Ministry of Culture of Argentina.

  1. ^ Historia on BN website
  2. ^ ¿Por qué Mariano Moreno?, Clarín, 25 May 2010