Bibliotheca Alexandrina

The long awaited revival of the ancient library at Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, has opened to the public finally!

• Total site area: 40,000 m²
• Total Library floor areas: 69,000 m²
• No. of floors: 13
• No. of seats: 3500
• No. of volumes: 4-8 million
• No. of maps: 50,000
• No. of manuscripts: 100,000
• No. of electronic applications: 30 data bases
• No. of of rare books: 10,000
• No. of electronic materials: 100 CD-ROM titles
• No. of musical media: 200,000 disks/tapes
• No. of audio-visual material: 50,000 disks/videos
• No. of staff: 578
• Complex includes: Conference Center (3200 seats), science museum, planetarium, school of information studies, calligraphy institute and museum.