Grande Bibliothèque
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"Grand Library" redirects here. For the Ptolemaic library of Aegyptus, see Library of Alexandria. For Abbasid Library of Bagdad, see Grand Library of Bagdad.
The Grande Bibliothèque is a public library in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its collection is part of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), Quebec's national library.
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Grande Bibliothèque | |
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General information | |
Type | Public library |
Location | 475 De Maisonneuve Boulevard east Montreal, Quebec H2L 5C4 |
Coordinates | 45.5156°N 73.5624°W / 45.5156; -73.5624 |
Construction started | 2001 |
Opened | 30 April 2005 |
Cost | $90.6 million |
Owner | Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec |
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Floor count | 5 |
Floor area | 33,000 m2 (360,000 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architecture firm | Patkau Architects Croft-Pelletier/Gilles Guité |
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banq.qc.ca |
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Grande Bibliothèque | |
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Established | October 2002 |
Architect(s) | Marie-Chantal Croft, Patkau Architects |
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Items collected | books, e-books, music, cds, periodicals, maps, genealogical archives, business directories, local history, |
Size | 4 million items |
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Membership in the library is free to all residents of Quebec. It has some 10,000 users per day and a record of 3 million users in 2009—double the projected figure of 1.5 million for that year.[1] In 2011, it attracted 2.7 million visitors, and was the most frequented public library in both North America and the Francophonie.[2]