National Library of Brazil

Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil
Aerial view of the library
Map
LocationRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Established1810; 214 years ago (1810)
Collection
Size9,000,000 Items
Access and use
Population servedopen to the public
Other information
DirectorLuiz Carlos Ramiro Junior
Websitehttps://www.bn.gov.br/en

The National Library of Brazil (Portuguese: Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil, official name is Fundação Biblioteca Nacional) is the depository of the bibliographic and documentary heritage of Brazil. It is located in Rio de Janeiro, the capital city of Brazil from 1822 to 1960, more specifically at Cinelândia square.

Considered by UNESCO the largest library in Latin America and the seventh largest in the world, its collections include about 9 million items.[1] It organized the first library science courses in Latin America and its staff has led the modernization of library services, including the development of online databases.[2]

  1. ^ "Fundação Biblioteca Nacional". Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  2. ^ Murray, Stuart A. P. “The Library: An Illustrated History.” New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing, 2012, p. 277.