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 and Mondays from Tuesday 15 July 2025 through Monday 25 August 2025, inclusive.
Tue–Wed: 13h–19h
Thu–Fri–Sat: 10h–16h
Sun: Closed
Mon: Closed

Winter Holiday: Wednesday 24 December 2025 through Thursday 1 January 2026, inclusive.

The Library will be closed on these dates in 2025:

Wednesday 1 January 2025 – Jour de l’an (New Year’s day)
Sunday 20 April 2025– Pâques (Easter)
Monday 21 April 2025 – Lundi de Pâques (Easter Monday)
Thursday 1 May 2025 – Fête du Travail (Labor Day)
Thursday 8 May 2025 – Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Thursday 29 May 2025 – Jeudi de l’Ascension (Ascension)
Monday 9 June 2025 – Lundi de Pentecôte (Whit Monday)
Monday 14 July 2025 – Fête Nationale (Bastille Day)
Tuesday 15 July 2025 – Summer Hours begin*
Friday 15 August 2025 – Assomption (Assumption)
Saturday 16 August 2025 – Assomption (Assumption)
Saturday 1 November 2025 – Toussaint (All Saints’ Day)
Tuesday 11 November 2025– Armistice 1918 (Armistice Day)
Wednesday 24 December 2025 – Holiday Break
Thursday 25 December 2025 – Holiday Break
Friday 26 December 2025 – Holiday Break
Saturday 27 December 2025 – Holiday Break
Sunday 28 December 2025– Holiday Break
Monday 29 December 2025 – Holiday Break
Tuesday 30 December 2025 – Holiday Break
Wednesday 31 December 2025 – Holiday Break
Thursday 1 January 2026 – Holiday Break

* Summer Hours: The Library has reduced operating hours and is closed on Sundays and Mondays from Tuesday 15 July 2025 through Monday 25 August 2025, inclusive.