Bernard Free Library

Bernard Free Library

The Bernard Free Library was established on 21 February 1883 when the Commissioner of Lower Myanmar, Sir Charles Edward Bernard opened a library, with his collection of books, in the centre of Rangoon (presently No 1 State High School, Latha Township). This library was the first free public library in Myanmar. During the Second World War, the Library was damaged but many books and almost all manuscripts were saved. In 1952, the Library was transferred to the Myanmar Government. It moved to the Jubilee Hall on the Shwedagon Pagoda Road and was reopened as the National Library of Myanmar under the Ministry of Culture. The library is the legal depository of Myanmar, under the Printers and Publishers Registration Act 1962.

External links

*National Library of Myanmar [http://www.myanmar.com/Ministry/culture/text/P002.htm]


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