The National Library of Malaysia aims to be an excellent and premier library in this region that can provide and channel reference and research information in various media for all levels of society in the country.







It holds an organised collection of books, other printed materials and special documents such as films and audio materials.





The building is divided into four sections, the tallest of which extends to eleven floors including offices (some rented out to third parties), a gymnasium and badminton court, a cafeteria, auditorium, children’s theatre and exhibition hall. Facilities are supposed to be designed to be wheelchair friendly.







Two of the floors are dedicated to books and materials which the public can borrow and most of these are located in the annexe building called Wisma Sejarah. The kids section is in the main building.

The library holds close to 5 million items, including books, publications, magazines, newspapers, and online materials. Books available for borrowing number over 500,000 and are in Malay, Chinese, Tamil and many other languages but over half are in English.







Bring your kids here to start cultivating their reading habits!