Bibliothèque nationale de France

Located in Paris, the Bibliothèque nationale de France is the national repository of everything published in France. It began in 1368 as the royal library of Charles V in the Louvre Palace. The library was moved several times to accommodate its growing collections and was opened to the public in 1692. The library currently resides over four Parisian sites and holds 15 million books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, scores, and other resources.