Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, National library and archive in Montreal, Canada
The Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec is a six-story building housing over four million items ranging from books and periodicals to newspapers and digital media. The collection includes materials in multiple languages and formats, serving researchers, students, and general visitors.
The Archives nationales du Québec were founded on 2 September 1920, with Pierre-Georges Roy as the province's first head archivist. The National Library of Quebec was legislated on 12 August 1967 and took over the collections of the Sulpician library Saint-Sulpice, founded in 1915. The two merged on 31 January 2006 to form BAnQ, after the library had absorbed the Grande bibliothèque project in 2002.
The collection focuses on works by Quebec authors and documents that reflect the province's intellectual traditions. You can explore how writers and thinkers have shaped Quebec's cultural development through the materials on display and available for consultation.
The facility offers free wifi, study spaces, and computer stations throughout the building for your research and work. Specialized equipment is available for digitizing or copying materials if you need to take records with you.
The Grande Bibliothèque opened on 3 May 2005, after construction from 2001 to 2004. Its six levels were each designed with a different character, and it receives close to 50,000 visitors a week. The building is the flagship facility of BAnQ, created in 2006.
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