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Language Centre, Institut français

• Mon – Thu: 9.00 – 19.30
  Fri & Sat: 9.00 – 16.00
  Sun: closed

Cultural Centre, Institut français

• Ciné Lumière
  Mon & Tue: 17.00 – 22.30
  Wed to Sun: 10.00 – 22.30
• La Médiathèque
  Wed – Fri: 13.00 – 18.00
  Sat: 12.00 – 18.00
  Sun – Tue: closed
• Bibliothèque Quentin Blake
  Wed – Fri: 13.00 – 18.00
  Sat: 12.00 – 18.00
  Sun – Tue: closed
• Gazette Brasserie
  Mon & Tue: 17.00 – 22.30
  Wed to Sun: 10.00 – 22.30

Special closure

The Cultural Centre (17 Queensberry Place) – including La Médiathèque, Ciné Lumière and Gazette Brasserie – will be closed to the public on Wed 9 July from 10.00 to 17.00. Bibliothèque Quentin Blake will be open as usual.

Ciné Lumière and Gazette Brasserie will resume their activities from 17.00.

Borrowed items from La Médiathèque can be returned to Bibliothèque Quentin Blake (32 Harrington Rd).

Institut français, Language Centre 

• 13 Cromwell Place
  London SW7 2JN
• Kentish Town Branch at the Collège Français Bilingue
  97 Holmes Road
  London NW5 3AX

Institut français, Cultural Centre

• Ciné Lumière, La Médiathèque and Gazette Brasserie
  17 Queensberry Place
  London SW7 2DT 
• Bibliothèque Quentin Blake
  32 Harrington Road
  London SW7 3ES 

Tube: South Kensington Station: Circle, District & Piccadilly lines
Bus: 14, 414, 49, 70, 74, 345, 360, C1

Check the TfL Journey Planner

There is a lift operating for step-free access from the ground floor (foyer/reception) to the lower ground floor (Ciné Lumière II). 

Ciné Lumière II is equipped with a wireless audio system that delivers both Hearing Impaired (HI), and Visually Impaired Narration (VI) on compatible films.

Call our box office to discuss your needs: 020 7871 3515