French National Library (Bibliotheque Nationale de France)

In the Research Library, heritage collections ? printed and audiovisual documents, manuscripts, prints, photographs... - are available on any type of medium. The Research Library consists of several sites: the Rez-de-Jardin level at François-Mitterrand Library, the Richelieu-Louvois Library, the Arsenal Library and the Opéra Library. Printed and audiovisual documents are housed at François-Mitterrand Library and the others at Richelieu Library. The collections housed at the Arsenal Library focus more particularly on French literature and book history. To be accredited, readers must be 18 years old and provide a proof of academic, professional or personal research activities requiring access to the collections kept at the Research Library.