Amazonas State Public Library, Public library in Central Manaus, Brazil.

Amazonas State Public Library is a three-story neoclassical building that holds multiple reading halls, specialized collections, and a wrought iron staircase imported from Glasgow in Scotland. The structure houses more than 97,000 books organized across different sections.

The library was founded as an institution on 19 March 1871 by the Legislative Assembly of Amazonas, initially operating in the Manaus Cathedral. It moved to the Liceu Amazonense and later to a warehouse on Praça Heliodoro Balbi, damaging its collection. In 1910 journalist Bento de Figueiredo Tenreiro Aranha reorganized and reopened it in the neoclassical building on Rua Barroso, inaugurated on 5 October 1910. A fire on 22 August 1945 destroyed about 30,000 books; only 60 on display outside survived. It reopened on 21 November 1947 with 45,000 volumes, including 2,500 donated by Álvaro Botelho Maia.

The painting 'A Redempção do Amazonas', by Aurélio de Figueiredo, hangs in the first-floor hall directly above the staircase, not on the second floor. The hall's white glass skylight came from England, and four plaster trapezoids around it frame busts of Gutenberg, Gonçalves Dias, Carlos Gomes and Teixeira de Freitas.

The building is located at Rua Barroso 57 in downtown Manaus and is open Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 3 PM. Visitors should check ahead about any special conditions or limits, as hours can shift seasonally.

The ceiling displays portraits of four influential figures: Teixeira de Freitas, Antônio Gonçalves Dias, Antônio Carlos Gomes, and Johannes Gutenberg. This mix connects local Amazon thinkers with the inventor of modern printing.