the more than twenty thousand photographs were donated by the emperor dom pedro ii, and include pictures of brazilian daily life and people, as well as others showing life in africa, north america, and europe. the collection has been inscribed on unesco's memory of the world programme register for its immense historical value.

biblioteca nacional, avenida rio branco, 219, centro, tel. 21. 3095.3879 - here is the webpage, contact email, and google map.  ● more ●

we publish information on some of the most important libraries in rio de janeiro on this link, including the biblioteca paulo santos, the fundação oswaldo cruz, and the biblioteca publíca de niterói.