Guided tour of an Art Deco library

Name: Guided tour of an Art Deco library
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Bibliothèque Carnegie

Discover one of the jewels of Art Deco in Reims by exploring the spaces open to the public, as well as the backstage of the library.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free. Reservation required by phone. Limited to 15 people.

Registration

03 26 77 81 41

©Ville de Reims

Discover one of the jewels of Art Deco in Reims by exploring the spaces open to the public, as well as the backstage of the library.

A game booklet will be provided to the little ones to enhance their visit.

About the location

Bibliothèque Carnegie

2 place Carnegie, 51100 Reims

Marne
Grand Est

The library(bookcase) Carnegie was built after the World War I to shelter the important collections of the local library(bookcase), opened in 1818 in the building(ship) of the Town hall, but burnt down on May 3rd, 1917\. Thanks to the exceptional 200 000-dollar sponsorship offered by Subsidy(Endowment) Carnegie for International Peace, the construction of a new library(bookcase) is confided(entrusted) to the Reims architect Max Sainsaulieu (1870-1953). He(It) appealed to the big(great) names of decorative arts to conceive(design) the big(great) wrought iron front-door (establishments Schwartz-Haumont), the bas-reliefs of the front wall(pediment) (Edward Sediey), mosaics (In. Biret), stained-glass windows (Jacques Gruber and Jacques Simon) and the flower pastels adorning the reading room (Madeleine Lacour). Inaugurated in 1928, this splendid Art deco building(ship) was registered in conformance with(for) historic monuments in 1983\. After important works of rehabilitation and of restoration(catering), the library(bookcase) Carnegie opened again its doors to the public in 2005\. She(It) found so her(its) missions of origin: preservation and promotion(valuation) of the patrimonial and local collections.