Public Library of the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

The building that houses today the University Public Library was originally the temple, which during the time of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, was part of the convent complex of the Society of Jesus in Valladolid, today Morelia, which also included the annex Colegio de San Francisco Javier, today Centro Cultural Clavijero.

The building dates from the seventeenth century and has the baroque style of the time, is built in a pink quarry and has a Latin cross plan, the main facade of the building is facing east where we find on the window of the choir the figure of the pelican, related to the sacrifice of Christ to redeem humanity, because it is said that lacking fish, this bird used to bleed his chest with the beak to feed his

In what used to be the atrium of the temple there is a garden with two small quarry fountains in an eclectic style, as well as planters with bronze busts of characters related to the University of Michoacán: Manuel Martínez Solórzano, Natalio Vázquez Pallares, and a small obelisk in quarry on the south side.

The Biblioteca Pública Universitaria was founded in 1930, and preserves an ancient bibliographic collection of 22,901 volumes, from the 15th to the beginning of the 20th century. It is considered the third largest antique collection in Mexico owned by public universities. As a museum, these volumes are exhibited on 3 floors of antique shelving made of fine wood and are only available to researchers and historians.