A huge cache of documents, which includes drafts of the famed madeleine passage, is for sale. France’s National Library is raising money to buy it. By Elaine Sciolino A prelude and dance by the French ...

In the heart of Paris lies a treasure trove of precious books and cultural artefacts known as the Bibliothèque Nationale de France – Richelieu. The royal library complex, once reserved for scholars ...

It was the discovery of a lifetime. In February, François-Pierre Goy, a curator at the National Library of France, was ...

Four books have been quarantined in the National Library of France. Here’s why. Warning: Spoilers for the book and film 'The Name of the Rose'. Remember Jean-Jacques Annaud’s film The Name of the Rose ...

Ribald and X-rated, a new exhibit at France's national library is banned to anyone under 16. The exhibit that opened this week offers a peek at France's long-secret library of libido, where, starting ...

A person visiting the city's 19th Century former prison, that is to be turned into a visual arts center. Rennes: The ad on the French finance ministry website is deadpan and succinct: "For sale: late ...

Every time I turn up to my office in Paris, I gaze up at its French classicism meets Baroque beauty, crowned by a resplendent Italianate dome. Then a series of sculptures of learned men (they didn’t ...

With a sinuous, meandering form that blurs the line between interior and exterior, the new Media Library in Thionville, France, is a unique public space. Dominique Coulon & Associates designed the ...