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United States National Library of Medicine facts for kids

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Entrance to the National Library of Medicine, October 9, 2008
Entrance to the NLM

United States National Library of Medicine is a medical library in Bethesda, Maryland. It is operated by the United States Federal government. It is the largest medical library in the world.

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  • National Library of Medicine at night, 1972.

    The glowing facade of the National Library of Medicine at night.

  • National Library of Medicine’s main reading room, ca. 1962.

    View of the National Library of Medicine’s main reading room, with a Mondrian-influenced modernist design.

  • National Library of Medicine, Main Reading Room, October 9, 2008

    Main reading room

  • History of Medicine Division, new reading room, ca. 1963.

    The gleaming new reading room of the History of Medicine Division, in the National Library of Medicine on the National Institutes of Health campus, Bethesda, Maryland.

  • National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Reading Room, October 9, 2008

    History of Medicine reading room

  • Binding section, National Library of Medicine, ca. 1963.

    Interior view of the Binding Section.

  • The new National Library of Medicine building under construction, ca. 1960.

    View of front entrance of the new National Library of Medicine building under construction, in Bethesda, Maryland.

  • NLM 5

    Front of the National Library of Medicine

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de Estados Unidos para niños

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