Largest Library in The Us

Do you ever have trouble finding a book or in your school library? It's OK if you do. Most libraries have tons of books, and librarians are there to help you find the things you need.

The Library of is the official library of the United States . It's also considered to be the national library of the U.S. It currently consists of three buildings in the nation's .

Most of the library's original was destroyed during the War of 1812. Thomas Jefferson replenished the library's, though, by selling his entire personal book — over 6, 000 books! — to the library in 1815 for $23, 950 (that was A LOT of money way back then).

Over time, the Library of continued to expand. Eventually it came to consist of the three buildings it is housed in today. Its main purpose is to issues for members of .

The Library of is open to the public, but very few people are allowed to check out books. These privileged few include library employees, members of, Supreme Court justices and other high-ranking government officials.

The Library of holds much more than just books. Its various collections include more than 150 million items on over 800 miles of bookshelves. These items include over 34 million books, over 3 million recordings, over 13 million photographs, over 5 million maps, over 6 million pieces of sheet music and over 66 million manuscripts!

Among these millions of items are some of the most interesting and rare books in the world. In fact, the Library of has over 700, 000 rare books, which is the largest in North America.

The smallest book in the Library of is Old King Cole. Measuring 1/25 inches by 1/25 inches, it's about the size of a period at the end of a sentence. Its pages can only be turned using a needle!

The largest book in the Library of is a 5 foot by 7 foot picture book featuring thousands of color images of the country of Bhutan. The Library also has one of only three perfect copies of the Gutenberg Bible, which is one of the most valuable books in the world.

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