National Library of Brazil

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Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil
Aerial view of the library
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Established	1810; 214 years ago (1810)
Collection
Size	9,000,000 Items
Access and use
Population served	open to the public
Other information
Director	Luiz Carlos Ramiro Junior
Website	https://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]