La Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende AC is a cultural center. Founded in 1955 in San Miguel de Allende, central Mexico, its mission is to provide a wide range of educational and cultural activities. The Biblioteca Pública programming is focused in 3 broad areas: 1. Arts and Culture - The Biblioteca Pública provides free access to the largest bilingual library in the area. With a catalog of more than 55,000 titles, the Biblioteca has more than 16,000 members to whom we lend books. There are lovely spaces throughout the library for our members to discover a new favorite book. - We offer classes in arts and crafts, piano and guitar lessons, choir for children and adults, painting, sculpture, dance, yoga, etc. More than 400 people take advantage of these workshops and classes every year. - We also offer bilingual entertainment in the form of musical concerts, plays, and films at very reasonable cost in our Teatro Santa Ana, Sala Quetzal and Café Santa Ana. 2. Education and Training: - We help our members increase their proficiencies in classes which include literacy, English and Spanish as a second language, sign language, computer technology, science club, mathematics, etc. - We fight to prevent the school dropout rate with our scholarship and mentor programs. As many as 100 high school and university students are granted scholarships each year based upon social and academic criteria. In addition to economical support, we provide the students with mentorship during their studies. In 2020, the Biblioteca delivered 20 laptop-computers to its university level scholars to help meet the new demand for remote education. 3. Community Building - We welcome our community in an inviting, safe environment. Access to our facilities is unrestricted and free. We routinely offer lectures on a wide variety of topics that are of interest to residents and visitors alike. - The Biblioteca publishes a weekly printed newspaper in English and Spanish called “Atención"
