The Library will be closed on the following days in May:
Wednesday 1 May – Fête du Travail (Labor Day)
Wednesday 8 May – Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Thursday 9 May – Jeudi de l’Ascension (Ascension)
Hours, Tuesday 1 December until 23 December:
Tue–Wed: 10h–19h. Thur: 10h–21h.
Fri–Sat: 10h–19h. Sun: 13h–19h. Mon: Closed.
The Library’s annual holiday closure is from 24 December through 1 January.
Masks are required for everyone aged 6+.
Staff will monitor the number of visitors onsite; please be prepared to wait to access high-demand collections.
Some areas may be off limits due to construction. Please ask if you need help retrieving a book.
Curbside lending will be phased out once we have reopened. Appointments already scheduled will be honored. If you would like to check out books but have health concerns and cannot come to the Library, please email info@americanlibraryinparis.org or give us a call during our regular business hours: 01.53.59.12.60. We will do our utmost to accommodate your needs.
All programs continue virtually for the present time.
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The Library will be closed on the following days in May:
Wednesday 1 May – Fête du Travail (Labor Day)
Wednesday 8 May – Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Thursday 9 May – Jeudi de l’Ascension (Ascension)
Friends of the Library (50€ – 249€) will receive invitations to unique, donor-only programs.
Folio Society (250€ – 1 999€) supporters will be invited to the annual Book Award ceremony, as well as donor-only programs.
Gutenberg Society (2 000€ – 9 999€) patrons will have the opportunity to host a dinner with an Evenings with an Author sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg speaker, as well as all the benefits listed above.
Ex Libris Lux Society (10 000€ and above) sponsors will be invited to an annual dinner with Ex Libris Lux donors and Library leadership, as well as all the benefits listed above. They will also be invited to an exclusive cocktail dînatoire with our Gala speaker.
A charitable gift from your estate is simple to implement and is easy to change if you should need to access the assets during your lifetime. If you would like to include a gift to the Library in your will, ask your estate planning attorney to add this suggested wording to your will or living trust. Please make sure to use the Library’s correct legal name appears in all final documents as: The American Library in Paris Inc.
Unrestricted Gift: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc, (insert dollar amount) Dollars* to be used for its general purposes.
Residuary Bequest: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc , (insert percentage amount) percent of the residue of my estate to be used for its general purposes.