Juan Ramón Molina National Library, National library in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The Juan Ramón Molina National Library is the main public library of Honduras, housed in a building in central Tegucigalpa. It has reading rooms, a periodicals section, and access to digital collections alongside its physical holdings.
The institution was founded in 1880, when a group of government officials decided to create a national book collection for Honduras. Over time it grew into the country's central library, and in 2009 it was formally named after the poet Juan Ramón Molina.
The library carries the name of Juan Ramón Molina, one of the most celebrated Honduran poets of the late 19th century, whose verses are still read in schools today. Visitors who walk through the reading rooms find shelves dedicated to national literature alongside more general collections.
The library sits in central Tegucigalpa and is easy to reach on foot from the main squares of the city. Bringing a form of identification on your first visit is useful if you plan to borrow materials or access certain collections.
Juan Ramón Molina died in 1908 at only 36 years old, yet his work is still considered the foundation of modern Honduran literature. Naming the library after him was a way to keep his memory alive beyond school textbooks.
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