The Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris is the prestigious national library of the country. The Paris citizens including students and other professionals find the Bibliothèque Nationale de France extremely useful.
Location of Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Bibliothèque Nationale de France is made up of 6 libraries and each of them are situated at different locations. François-Mitterrand Library is located at Quai François-Mauriac and is connected through bus numbers 13, 89 and 62 and metro lines 6 and 14. Louvois Library is situated on 2 rue de Louvois. Richelieu Library is located on 58 rue de Richelieu. The Maison Jean-Vilar Library is located at 8, rue de Mons, while the Arsenal Library is situated on 1, rue Sully and the Opéra Library is located at the Place de l'Opéra. All these branches of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France are well connected through metro and buses.
Timings of Bibliothèque Nationale de France
All the departments of Bibliothèque Nationale de France are open daily, except on Sundays and national holidays like 1 January, 25 December, Ascension Thursday, 14 July,
Easter Monday and other holidays.
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The various departments and the reading rooms of Bibliothèque Nationale de France open around 9 AM and closes at 7 PM, while on Mondays the timings slightly changes. Richelieu Library remains open approximately from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM. The other libraries, more or less follow similar opening hours.
Readers visit Bibliothèque Nationale de France for a variety of reasons. In order to access the reading rooms of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, readers have to be 18 years old. They also have to make reader's cards that can be valid for 3 days, 15 days or 1 year.
François-Mitterrand Library is made up of Orientation des lecteurs Hall, a research library, a reference library, INA Library and Rare Books Reserve and also offers advisory service to readers. Richelieu Library has a Reference room and Performing Arts department. It boasts of an impressive collection of Eastern and Western manuscripts, medals, coins and antiques, prints and photographs, maps and plans. Louvois Library has a special Music Department, while the Opera Library also houses a fabulous museum. Arsenal Library and Maison Jean-Vilar Library are packed with huge collections of books, documents and much more.
The Bibliothèque Nationale de France, with its modern L-shaped glass and steel buildings, is one of the popular monuments of Paris.
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