| Native Name: | Bibliotheque Nationale de la Republique Democratique du Congo |
| Native Name Lang: | fr |
| National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo | |
| Country: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Established: | 1974 |
| Ref Legal Mandate: | Act No. 74-002 |
| Location: | 10 Boulevard Colonel Tshatshi, Kinshasa[1] |
| Coordinates: | -4.3041°N 15.2831°W |
| Collection Size: | 1.2m books 7,500 photographs, 175 periodicals |
| Legal Deposit: | yes |
| Director: | Professor Georges Mulumba Kalonga |
National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo (French: link=no|Bibliothèque Nationale de la République démocratique du Congo) is located in Kinshasa and was established in 1974 as an office within Ministry of Culture and Arts. In 1989, it became autonomous under presidential order.[2]
In 2009, the Library received a $14,880 initiative from the Model United Nations of the University of Chicago and UNESCO to modernize facilities, train staff members and purchase new technology and materials.[3] Although the library contains over seven thousand historical photographs of the political and cultural history of the country, only 25% have been scanned due to a lack of resources.[4]