National Archive and Library of Bolivia, National archives and library in Sucre, Bolivia.

The National Archive and Library of Bolivia occupies a building in Sucre and holds over 8,000 linear metres of archival documents plus some 800,000 bibliographic and periodical items, including the 3,000-work Biblioteca boliviana assembled by Gabriel René Moreno. It is made up of two merged bodies, the National Library and the National Archive, and is run by the Cultural Foundation of the Central Bank of Bolivia.

The library began on 23 July 1825, when Andrés de Santa Cruz proposed a public library to Antonio José de Sucre in Chuquisaca and the Biblioteca Pública de Chuquisaca was created, with Agustín Fernández de Córdoba as first librarian. The archive followed on 18 October 1883, when a law under Narciso Campero created the Archivo General de la Nación. The two were merged into the Repositorio Nacional in 1935; since 1995 the Fundación Cultural del Banco Central de Bolivia has administered it.

The collection holds colonial-era documents that show how Bolivian society developed over centuries. Visitors can see how these writings tell the story of the nation's past.

Researchers can visit the collections at Dalence Street 4 in Sucre, where staff helps with finding documents. It helps to plan ahead about what materials you want to see to make your research more efficient.

The library's core is the Biblioteca boliviana assembled by Gabriel René Moreno, who from 1874 gathered documents from the former Real Audiencia de Charcas and over 3,000 works, later donated to the institution. Gunnar Mendoza directed the archive and library for 50 years, from 1944 to 1994.