Free tour of the Smith-Lesouëf Library
The open house will allow visitors to discover the building that opened its doors to the public in 1919 under the name of «Bibliothèque Smith-Lesouëf»
17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Free entry
Registration
MABA
The free visit will allow to discover the building which opened its doors to the public in 1919 under the name of «Bibliothèque Smith-Lesouëf» and which will be occupied by the Bibliothèque nationale de France until the 1980s, date of the move of the collections to the central reserves. The building now houses the books of the former residents of the National House of Artists, as well as a collection of furniture and art objects (miniatures, furniture, santons, drawings or sculptures) Auguste Lesouëf, deposited in 2019 at the Fondation des Artistes by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.