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The renovation of the Richelieu building: a future centre for art researchers in Paris

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Sébastien Gaudelus ,
Martine Poulain  and
Lucile Trunel
Sébastien Gaudelus*
Affiliation:
Adjoint de la chef du Projet Richelieu, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 5 rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris, France
Martine Poulain*
Affiliation:
Library, Institut national d’histoire de l’art, 2 rue Vivienne, 75084 Paris cedex 02, France
Lucile Trunel*
Affiliation:
Service Littératures orientales et art, Département Littérature et Art, Direction des Collections, Bibliothèque nationale de France, quai François Mauriac, 75706 Paris, France
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Abstract

The historic site of the French national library is currently being renovated in order to become a major centre for art documentation and special collections. It will incorporate three separate institutions: the specialist departments of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the library of the Institut national d’histoire de l’art, and the library of the Ecole nationale des Chartes. Completion of the project is scheduled for 2017.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 36 , Special Issue 1: Special issue: The architecture and space planning of art libraries , 2011 , pp. 11 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2011

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References

1. For an earlier report on the project and the collections concerned see Poulain, Martine, ‘A major art library in preparation,’ Art libraries journal 30, no.2 (2005): 4–16.Google Scholar
2. For further information about the INHA see the Institut national d’histoire de l’art, http://www.inha.fr/.Google Scholar
3. For further information about the Richelieu building renovation project see BnF - Rénovation de Richelieu, http://www.bnf.fr/fr/la_bnf/renovation_richelieu.html.Google Scholar