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 Monday 15 July 2024 through Monday 26 August 2024, inclusive.
Tue–Wed: 13h–19h
Thu–Fri–Sat: 10h–16h
Sun: Closed
Mon: Closed

Winter Holiday: Tuesday 24 December 2024 through Wednesday 1 January 2025, inclusive.

The Library will be closed on these dates in 2024:

Monday 1 January 2024 – Jour de l’an (New Year’s day)
Sunday 31 March 2024– Pâques (Easter)
Monday 1 April 2024 – Lundi de Pâques (Easter Monday)
Wednesday 1 May 2024 – Fête du Travail (Labor Day)
Wednesday 8 May 2024 – Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Thursday 9 May 2024 – Jeudi de l’Ascension (Ascension)
Monday 20 May 2024 – Lundi de Pentecôte (Whit Monday)
Sunday 14 July 2024 – Fête Nationale (Bastille Day)
Tuesday 16 July 2024 – Summer Hours begin*
Friday 26 July 2024 – Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony
Thursday 15 August 2024 – Assomption (Assumption)
Friday 1 November 2024 – Toussaint (All Saints’ Day)
Monday 11 November 2024– Armistice 1918 (Armistice Day)
Tuesday 24 December 2024 – Holiday Break
Wednesday 25 December 2024 – Holiday Break
Thursday 26 December 2024 – Holiday Break
Friday 27 December 2024 – Holiday Break
Saturday 28 December 2024– Holiday Break
Sunday 29 December 2024 – Holiday Break
Monday 30 December 2024 – Holiday Break
Tuesday 31 December 2024 – Holiday Break
Wednesday 1 January 2025 – Holiday Break

* Summer Hours: The Library has reduced operating hours and is closed on Sundays and Mondays from Monday 15 July 2024 through Monday 26 August 2024, inclusive.