José María Pino Suárez State Public Library

The José María Pino Suárez” State Public Library was inaugurated on December 9, 1987, it is considered as one of the best Public Libraries in Latin America due to its valuable collections and services; the post-modern architecture of the building has won national and international awards.

It has wide reading rooms, auditorium and multipurpose rooms; general, children’s and reference collection in the open shelving system; newspaper collection and reserved close shelving collection; several special collection among which stand out the Edwin M. Shook Collection, the Julio Torri Collection and the Jorge Gurría Lacroix Collection.