David Sassoon Library, Gothic Revival library in Fort district, Mumbai, India.

The David Sassoon Library is a Victorian Neogothic building of 1867–1870 on Rampart Row, facing Kala Ghoda. Its facade of yellow Malad stone, like the neighbouring Elphinstone College, rises to a pointed gable with a clock and cross above two pairs of arched windows; a white stone bust of David Sassoon sits over the entrance portico. Inside are columns with animal motifs and Burma teak ceilings and trusses.

The library grew out of the Mechanics' Institution, started in 1847 by European employees of the Government Mint and the Dockyard to give adults technical education and hold lectures. David Sassoon funded its own building, designed by J. Campbell and G. E. Gosling for Scott McClelland and Company and completed in 1870 at a cost of Rs. 125,000, of which Sassoon gave Rs. 60,000 and the Bombay Presidency government the rest.

The library began in 1847 as the Mechanics' Institution, set up by European employees of the Government Mint and the Dockyard to give adults technical education and hold lectures. It was later renamed after David Sassoon, whose son Albert proposed a library in the city centre. The white stone bust above the entrance portico is Thomas Woolner's working model for the standing marble statue of Sassoon completed in 1865.

The building welcomes visitors and sits in Fort, Mumbai's historic commercial district where many other monuments are within walking distance. Recent restoration work has reinforced the structure and refreshed its roof systems to ensure the building's stability.

A marble bust greets visitors at the entrance, honoring a Baghdad-born merchant whose business activities reshaped Mumbai's trading networks. This physical tribute speaks to the broader story of migration and enterprise that shaped the city's growth during the 1800s.