General Information

Adress

23, quai de Conti 75006 Paris

Tel. : +33.(0)1.44.41.44.06

Fax : +33.(0)1.44.41.44.07

Mail : webmaster@bibliotheque-mazarine.fr

Director : Christian PÉLIGRY, chief librarian

By subway (Metro) :
Stop : Pont-Neuf (line 7), Saint-Michel (line 4, RER C), Odéon (Line 4, 10)
By bus :
- Lines 24 and 27, stop Pont des arts, quai de Conti 
- Lines 58 and 70, stop Pont-Neuf, quai des Grands Augustins ;
- Lines 69 and 72, stop Pont des arts, Louvre-Rivoli.
By Velib' (self service "bike hire") pick up and drop off location :
- 5, quai Malaquais ; 41, quai de l'Horloge ; 1, rue Jacques Callot ; 7, rue du Pont de Lodi.

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  Opening times

The Bibliothèque Mazarine is open from Monday to Friday, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (non stop). For delivery of materials, requests must be made before 4:45 pm.

The library is closed every year between August the 1st and 15th, for publics holidays and during the publics sessions of the Institut de France  ; you can find here the « closing dates calendar ».

  Reader's registration

The Bibliothèque Mazarine is a public library, open to everyone ; readers below the age of 18 have to come with a parental authorization.

Registrations are made at the library. You must show a form of identification (national ID card, passport, driving licence , home office permit to stay, residence proof) and two legal form photos.

We have three kinds of registration pass :

- Two-days pass

Valid for two working days running, this pass is free and cannot be renewed during the year.

- Ten-days pass

Valid for ten working days in a year, this pass costs 7,50 €.

- Year pass

Valid a year, this pass costs 15,00 €.

  Reading precious books

The consulting of rare and precious books is possible under the agreement of the reading room chief. However, for some of these books a written request must be sent to the library's director. The authorization gives the possibility to consult the book twice a year.

Middle Ages manuscripts, which presents illuminations registered in the Liber Floridus data base, have to be consulted in microfilms, except for research reasons that needs to consult originals, up to twice a year.