Located in the Bastille district, the Arsenal library is open to visitors and organizes guided tours, conferences, exhibitions or concerts based on its collections.

The Library has over 1 million documents available for consultation, including books, journals, manuscripts, prints, maps and plans, music sheets etc. The library’s reading rooms are accessible upon showing proof of your research work.

Annual closing is at the end of August / beginning of September as is the case for all establishments of the National Library of France (BnF)