First the Royal Library, then the National Library and National Library, the National Library of France (BnF), so called since 1994, is today the national library of the French Republic.
The BNF is located in the 2e arrondissement.
The closest metro station are Line 3 (Bourse), 1 et 7 (Palais-Royal-Musée du Louvre), 7 et 14 (Pyramides).
Labrouste Room – INHA Library (Research).
The Oval Reading Room is open to all, free of charge and with no age limit.
The reading room is a reading room and a place to visit and learn about the museum, with over 20,000 volumes available for free consultation and 160 reading spaces.
The Museum.
The Mansart gallery – Pigott gallery with temporary exhibitions.
The library of the National Institute for the History of Art and the library of the École nationale des Chartes.
The Luynes room displays the collection of vases, coins and jewels of the duke of the same name, which was partly donated to the library in the 19th century.
The celestial globe
Gallery Mazarin.
The gallery was built by François Mansart between 1644 and 1646, at the request of Mazarin, who installed his rich collections of paintings and sculptures
The ceiling.
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The Oval room
Te Oval Reading Room is open to all, free of charge and with no age limit.
The reading room is a reading room and a place to visit and learn about the museum, with over 20,000 volumes available for free consultation and 160 reading spaces.
