It operates under the jurisdiction of the Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture in Bangkok, Thailand.

[2] As of 2013[update], the library in Bangkok housed over three million items and had 11 provincial branches.

Later in 1897, King Chulalongkorn returned from his European visit and expressed his desire to dedicate the Vajirayana Library to the Capital.

In 1933, after democratic reforms, the Fine Arts Department was established and assumed administration of the Vajirañāṇa Library by royal decree.

In 1966, the National Library was relocated to Samsen Road in Bangkok and is now administered by the Ministry of Culture.