The National Library was established in 1967 for the purpose of preserving and promotingthe rich cultural and religious heritage of Bhutan. The library’s memory bank houses many important documents including old records, old letters and around seven thousandimportant photographs. The archives also hold microfilms of many other important documents. Some artifacts to look out for are:

• Longchenpa’s Seven Treasuries – (Longchen Dzo Dun) – The complete set of printingblocks for the edition of the Seven Treasuries originally commissioned by Dodrup Chen Rinpoche in Gangtok (c. 1968).
• Collected Works of Padma Karpo (Kunkhyen Ka-bum) – A complete set of xylographic printing blocks of the complete works of Kunkhyen Padma Karpo.