National Library of Venezuela
Venezuela, Caracas, Avenida Pantheon
Description:
The National Library of Venezuela was founded on July 13, 1833. Since 1989 it has occupied a huge building designed by architect Thomas Sanabria.
More than 7 million volumes are stored here. The library has 11 reading rooms, there are halls for conferences and seminars, special repositories for archival documents, information and reference service. The collection of ancient books and manuscripts includes the first book printed in Venezuela (1810), manuscripts from the 15th to the 17th century.
Also in the library there is an archive of audiovisual materials, the most complete photo archive of Venezuela, maps from the 16th century to the present day, posters, postcards and other examples of graphic design since the 19th century. Special conditions have been created in the library’s vaults to allow documents and books to be preserved in their original form.