The Historical Museum Library, established in 2006 on the occasion of the reorganisation of the Departmental Museum (see the History of Biomedicine Collection page), collects the historical-scientific documentation related to the Collections. In particular, it includes the files of dry preparations, autopsy books and publications produced in the 19th century by the anatomists who taught at the University of Parma, primarily Giovanni Inzani and Lorenzo Tenchini, and the scientific works and monographs that were published using the materials now part of the Collections. The Library also possesses valuable Renaissance editions (cinquecentine) of ancient medicine and rare anatomical texts from the 18th century. All the printed materials are made available for consultation (by appointment with the staff of the Biomedicine Collection) and their knowledge is being expanded through the creation, on the museum site, of a continuously updated section dedicated to the reproduction of ancient texts, with free access through the web