As a reading room and place for visits and mediation, the room contains over 20,000 books for perusal and 160 study seats. This documentary offering serves as an introduction to the major areas of art ...

Le Catalogue collectif de France, qu’est-ce que c’est ? BnF Durée : 1 min 48 s The CCFr also catalogs French documentary resources: users can consult the Répertoire national des bibliothèques ...

The Richelieu Site is the historic birthplace of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and its exceptional collections. Built in the 17th century, it was originally the palace of Cardinal Mazarin. In ...

The missions of the BnF are to collect, preserve, enrich and make available the national documentary heritage, as stated in the decree of creation n°94-3 of January the 3rd, 1994. The BnF’s ...

The architecture of the BnF’s Richelieu Site is truly multi-layered. At the heart of Paris’s 2nd arrondissement, its vast rectangular form contains some of Paris’s most unique buildings. Bordered on ...

The François Mitterrand site houses two libraries, one for the general public open from Tuesday to Saturday and one for researchers open from Monday to Saturday. Different tickets give you access to ...

These two passes grant you free circulation during your day in all reading rooms of the Research Library as well as on all our sites. Unlimited Research Pas This pass additionally grants you free ...

The BnF Museum occupies some of the Richelieu site’s most beautiful areas, including the Mazarin Gallery, the Column Room and the de Luynes Room. The itinerary covers some 1,200 m² and is both ...

Cataloguing, digitising and moving a collection do not necessarily require sophisticated equipment or skills. In 2013, ICOMON proposed extensive guidelines on numismatic “collections care, management ...

André Breton est né le 19 février 1896 à Tinchebray (Orne). La Première Guerre mondiale met le jeune Breton, alors étudiant en médecine, en présence de soldats psychotiques avec lesquels il s’essaie à ...

La BnF a pour mission de collecter, cataloguer, conserver, enrichir et communiquer le patrimoine documentaire national. La ...

Les candidatures pour l’année 2027 sont actuellement ouvertes. La date limite pour l’envoi des dossiers à la BnF est le jeudi ...