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General Collection

La Médiathèque is open to the public, offering wide and varied documentation on all aspects of France, and especially the works of French and French-speaking authors.

Every field of knowledge is covered in various media:


Our general collection is open to the public free of charge; borrowing rights are reserved for members of the Institut français only.

For more information on becoming a member, click here

For more information on the library's borrowing rights, click here.

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Special Collections

  • 'Old' Collections

    The Archives of la Médiathèque contain a number of 'old' volumes, such as the Larousse du XIXe siècle, and 17th/18th/19th-century 'classics', especially in the fields of history, literature and arts. Details of part of the collection can be found in our online catalogue . Please contact a member of staff for details of the full collection. Readers may consult 'old' volumes on the premises; 48 hours prior notice required.


Conferences

The library has archival material of over 200 conferences held at the Institut français over the last 40 years. All the recordings have been digitized and are available to consult at la Médiathèque. Click here  for a list of conferences; alternatively consult the online catalogue , or ask for a hard copy of the list at la Médiathèque. To sample our recordings, click on the conference of your choice.


The library has archival material of over 200 conferences held at the Institut Français over the last 40 years.

 To listen to extracts of some of the conferences, please click here 





 
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