The Library welcomes your questions. Please note that reference questions received from members of the Library are given first priority, and therefore, due to the volume of questions, we may not be able to treat reference queries from the general public as promptly as we would like.

Metro : École Militaire (line 8), Alma-Marceau (line 9)
RER : Pont de l’Alma (line C) Station closed for renovation until January 2019
Bus Routes : 42, 63, 69, 80, 82, 87, 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

Monday Closed
Tuesday 10h–19h
Wednesday 10h–19h
Thursday 10h–22h
Friday 10h–19h
Saturday 10h–19h
Sunday 13h–19h

Summer hours (Wed 15 July 2020 to Mon 24 August 2020):
Monday Closed
Tuesday–Saturday 13h–19h
Sunday Closed

The Library is open until 22h00 on Thursdays from September through 14 July. The Children’s Library and Teen Mezzanine are closed during late-night Thursdays, however books for children and teens can be retrieved upon request.

The Library will be closed on these dates in 2020:

Wed 1 January – New Year’s Day
Sun 12 April – Easter (Pâques)
Fri 1 May – Labor Day (Fête du Travail)
Fri 8 May – WWII Victory Day (Fête de la Victoire 1945)
Thu 21 May – Ascension
Tue 14 July – Bastille Day
Sat 15 August – Assumption
Sun 1 November – All Saints’ Day (Toussaint)
Wed 11 November – Armistice Day
Thu 24 December – Christmas Eve
Fri 25 December – Christmas Day
Sat 26 December – Holiday break
Sun 27 December – Holiday break
Mon 28 December – Holiday break
Tue 29 December – Holiday break
Wed 30 December – Holiday break
Thu 31 December – New Year’s Eve
Fri 1 January 2021 – New Year’s Day

The Library has reduced operating hours from mid-July until end-August.