Georgi Crnojevic's Central National Library is located in Cetinje. It was named after Georgi Crnojevic — the founder of Cetinje's printing house — in 1964.
The library takes up two building, which previous served as the embassies of Italy and France.
Most of the library's collection, as well as its administration are housed in a former Italian embassy building, on the road from Cetinje to the Lovcen mountain. The second branch is in the former French embassy building, located closer to downtown. This is where the most valuable items are held.
The history of the library starts in 1838, when Peter II Petrovic-Njegos divided the books kept in the Cetinje Monastery into "religious" and "secular", and took the latter into his residence — the Biljarda.
Then the library was kept in the Zeta house up until World War I. By 1912 the library's collection contained 12000 printed books and over 100 manuscripts, but part of that was lost during the war.
Later, the collection was moved into the Blue Palace. By October 1951 it contained over 35000 books and needed a new storage facility. Thus, the former French embassy building was handed over to the library. In 1964 the library got another building — the former Italian embassy.
Today, the library's collection has over 2 million books, both ancient and modern.