From Tuesday to Sunday at our Richelieu site
The BnF’s Museum covers the full extent of the Library’s collections, from Antiquity to the present day. Almost 900 outstanding items are on exhibition and regularly renewed, along an itinerary across the Richelieu site’s most beautiful areas.
With more than 1,500 seats, the Public Library’s reading rooms are open to anyone over 14. You can consult over 330,000 documents and use computers, Wi-Fi access and dedicated rooms for group work.
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The BnF Research Library is composed of 4 sites in the Paris region (Richelieu, Arsenal, Opéra and François-Mitterrand) and of one site in Avignon. You can access our collection of over 40 million items.
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An unlimited access to the reading rooms in the Public Library and to our exhibitions,
An iconic room of the BnF | Richelieu, the Oval Room is open to all, free of charge and with no age limit. Among the 20,000 works freely available, a collection of 9,000 comics is at hand for perusal alone or with the family.
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The ASK A LIBRARIAN Service (SINDBAD, in French) provides free document references on all topics and factual information (facts, figures, dates).
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