Editing Tunis (section)

===Libraries===
[[File:Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie (19-09-2008).jpg|right|thumb|National Library of Tunisia]]
Tunis has some of the most important libraries in Tunisia including the National Library of Tunisia which was first installed in 1924 in the Medina, in a building built in 1810 by [[Hammuda ibn Ali|Hammouda Bey]] to serve as barracks for troops and then a jail.<ref name="MUN2">{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/culture_bibliotheque0.htm Bibliothèques (Municipalité de Tunis)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106122348/http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/culture_bibliotheque0.htm |date=2009-01-06 }}</ref>  The library moved to its current location on Boulevard 9 April in 1938. The new building contains a reading room, conference room, laboratories, an exhibition gallery, a block of technical and administrative services, a restaurant, parking, and green space areas.

Housed in a former home of a Hafsid scholar, the library of the [[Khaldounia]] was founded in 1896 along with the creation of the educational institution. After independence and following the consolidation of programs of education, the association ceased operations but the library is now linked to the National Library, which provides for its management.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/culture_bibliotheque1.htm Bibliothèques (Municipalité de Tunis)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211164528/http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/culture_bibliotheque1.htm |date=2008-12-11 }}</ref>

Built in the 17th century, the Dar Ben Achour also contains a library. Acquired in the late 1970s by the municipality of Tunis, the house was restored in 1983 into a library.<ref name="MUN2"/>