The Library welcomes your questions. Please note that reference queries received from members of the Library are given first priority. Therefore, due to the volume of inquiries we receive, we may not be able to treat research questions from the general public as promptly as we would like. We will get in touch with you as soon as possible.

Metro : École Militaire (line 8), Alma-Marceau (line 9)
RER : Pont de l’Alma (line C)
Bus Routes : 28, 42, 63, 69, 72, 80, 82, 86, 92

RATP website

Paris’s self service “bike hire” system.
Vélib’ stations close to the Library
How to use Vélib’

Saint Dominique – 3 min walk
Quai Branly – Tour Eiffel – 4 min walk
Joffre École Militaire – 9 min walk

HOURS:

Tue–Wed: 10h–21h
Thu–Fri–Sat: 10h–19h
Sun: 13h–19h
Mon: Closed

Last hour: self-service only
Last entry: 30 minutes before closing time

Summer Hours: The Library has reduced operating hours and is closed on Sundays in July and August.

Winter Holiday: The Library’s regular annual closure is from Sunday 24 December 2023 through Monday 1 January 2024.

The Library will be closed on these dates in 2023:

Sunday 1 January 2023 – Jour de l’an (New Year’s day)
Sunday 9 April 2023– Pâques (Easter)
Monday 10 April 2023 – Lundi de Pâques (Easter Monday)
Monday 1 May 2023 – Fête du Travail (Labor Day)
Monday 8 May 2023 – Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Thursday 18 May 2023 – Jeudi de l’Ascension (Ascension)
Monday 29 May 2023 – Lundi de Pentecôte (Whit Monday)
Friday 14 July 2023 – Fête Nationale (Bastille Day)
Saturday 15 July 2023 – Bastille Weekend closure
Sunday 16 July 2023 – Summer Hours begin*
Tuesday 15 August 2023 – Assomption (Assumption)
Wednesday 1 November 2023 – Toussaint (All Saints’ Day)
Saturday 11 November 2023– Armistice 1918 (Armistice Day)
Sunday 24 December 2023 – Holiday Break
Monday 25 December 2023 – Holiday Break
Tuesday 26 December 2023 – Holiday Break
Wednesday 27 December 2023 – Holiday Break
Thursday 28 December 2023– Holiday Break
Friday 29 December 2023 – Holiday Break
Saturday 30 December 2023 – Holiday Break
Sunday 31 December 2023 – Holiday Break
Monday 1 January 2024 – Holiday Break

* Summer Hours: The Library has reduced operating hours and is closed on Sundays and Mondays from Saturday 15 July 2023 through Monday 28 August 2023, inclusive.