Library of Parliament

The Parliamentary Library of Ottawa (English: Library of Parliament, French: Bibliothèque du Parlement ) is the main storage and Rechercheort of records and writings of the Canadian Parliament. This prestigious building is part of the building complex on Parliament Hill and is located on the back of the middle part ( Centre Block ). The building is a national symbol and is together with John Macdonald motif on the 10 -dollar bill of the Canadian dollar.

The Parliamentary Library emerged from the libraries of the legislatures of Upper and Lower Canada. The two libraries merged, as both parts of Canada be united in 1841. The Victorian neo-Gothic building was designed by Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones and opened in 1876. Its construction and the circular ground plan sit here in the reading room of the British Museum. His 16 buttresses on the exterior reminiscent of a religious building. After the fire on February 3, 1916, the library was renovated several times and enlarged.

Today, the library features a collection of 600,000 media and maintained by 300 employees. Basically only have access to the Members of Parliament Parliamentary Library; However, there is a public research opportunities.