Alexandria New Library

Description

The Old Alexandria Library established for 2300 years ago in the Ptolemaic era during the reign of "Ptolemy Filadlfos." The library was a cultural and intellectual complex for all scientists and a source of knowledge to the Mediterranean region. Now, the Old Alexandria Library renewed by establishing the New Alexandria Library to be one of the biggest scientific and cultural centers specialized in the region affairs and its culture, science and arts to attract scientists from all over the world to Alexandria as a world center for culture and knowledge.

The New Alexandria Library located at Shatby district, it includes:The Central Library, Youth Library, Library for the blind, Planetarium, Science Museum, Scripts Museum, Antiquites Museum, The International Institute for Information Studies, Conference Center and its services. The inauguration of the New Alexandria Library was on 16 October 2002, it was a world celebration, attended by some of the world leaders and delegation heads of 80 countries.