Mário de Andrade Library
| Biblioteca Mário de Andrade | |
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| Location | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Established | 1925 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 3,200,000 Items |
| Access and use | |
| Population served | open to the public |
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| Website | Official site |
The Mário de Andrade Library (in
cultural institutions in Brazil, as well as one of the leading research libraries in the country. It is named in honor of Mário de Andrade,[2] one of the founders of Brazilian modernism. It is housed in an Art Deco
building in the historical downtown, considered one of the icons of this style in the city.
Mário de Andrade Library was the first Brazilian public institution interested in acquiring modern works of art of local and foreign artists (which are placed today in the Pinacoteca Municipal).Marilena Chaui.
Sheltering the second largest bibliographic and documental heritage of Brazil — only after the
The Mário Andrade Municipal Library has branches throughout the city, providing circulating materials to general public.
See also
References
- ^ Encarta Archived 2009-06-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-06-12. Archived 2009-11-01.
- ^ Robert Wedgeworth. World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services, p. 45. Retrieved on 2009-6-12.
- ^ a b Biblioteca Mário de Andrade. Retrieved on 2009-06-12.
- ^ Vera Lucia Pinheiro da Silva. Informação e cidadania. Retrieved on 2009-06-12.
External links
- Official site (in Portuguese)
- Encarta (Archived 2009-11-01)
- Biblioteca Mário de Andrade at Google Cultural Institute
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