Reading room opening hours: Arsenal Library

Open from Monday to Friday from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. and on Saturday from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Closed on public holidays:

• 1st of January
• Easter Sunday and Monday
• 1 and 8 May
• Ascension Thursday
• Pentecost Sunday and Monday
• 14 July
• 15 August
• 1 and 11 November
• 25 December

Annual closing of the BnF sites located in Paris (François-Mitterrand, Richelieu and Louvois, Arsenal and Opéra Libraries): During the annual closing of the BnF, various operations are achieved on the BnF premises and public spaces: repair, maintenance or cleaning work. Each year, the sites mentioned above are closed about ten days from the end of August to the beginning of September. The 2018 closing dates will be announced later.

Copies and documents from closed stack collections must be requested at least one hour before the reading room close. Copy service is also closed between 12.00 to 13.00 on Saturday.