General information
The Antilliana-Caribiana department is a growing library in itself: a library within a library, situated on the first floor of the main library. You do not have to be a member in order to consult our Antilliana-Caribiana collection.
In the Antilliana-Caribiana department you can find:

• Every publication in or about the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba
• Every publication by or about an Antillean or Aruban author
• Caribbean publications for research

The Antilliana collection is considered to be our national collection.
With the growing interest of residents and non-residents in the cultural, historical, socio-economic and political development of the Antillean community an increase of the Caribbean collection was unavoidable

What exactly can I find in this department?

• Books written by Antillean authors
• Reference about the Antilles and the Caribbean
• Antillean and Caribbean magazines
• A unique collection of historic and geographic maps (old and new)
• Community VIP’s biographies
• Documentation about several Antillean topics
• (Doctoral) Thesis of local people
• Important reports about Curaçao and the Netherlands Antilles

The Antillean-Caribbean collection can only be consulted at the library. You can always make copies. However there are some books for circulation in the Adult's Department and/or the Kids' Corner.

Summary Antilliana/ Caribiana
Place : first floor
Opening hours : click here
Collection : reference, documentation files, biography files, (doctoral) thesis
magazines, maps and literary documentation
And also : information desk, make copies and study