Guided tours of the heritage library and presentation of the exhibition "Conquering the Unknown"

Name: Guided tours of the heritage library and presentation of the exhibition "Conquering the Unknown"
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Centre Culturel Irlandais

Discover our magnificent heritage library and observe its treasures: three illuminated medieval manuscripts. It is also an opportunity to see our new exhibition "Conquering the Unknown".

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Guided tours depart every half hour until 4:30pm, registration on site

Among all the libraries that inhabited the many colleges, convents and monasteries of the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève until the end of the 18th century, the Heritage Library of the Irish Cultural Centre is one of the few that remains. Discover this unique place and observe its treasures: three illuminated medieval manuscripts. These visits will also be an opportunity to discover the scholarly travel stories contained in our collections. These are on display for the first time, alongside two rare works, generously loaned by our friends and neighbours at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, on the occasion of the exhibition "Conquering the Unknown - The History of Exploration and Scholarly Travel Stories in the Heritage Library Collections" (Scientific Lead: Ladislas Latoch).
Exhibition "Conquering the Unknown" Open until October 28 More details: www.centreculturelirlandais.com/en-ce-moment/expositions-evenements/conqu%C3%A9rir-linconnu

About the location

Centre Culturel Irlandais

5 rue des Irlandais 75005 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

The first Irish Cultural Centre in the world is located in Paris, in the historic building of the Irish College which was restored for two years and inaugurated in 2002\. From the 16th century onwards, Irish colleges were established in France, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and Poland, allowing Irish Catholic monks and students to escape the anti-Catholic restrictions in Ireland. In 1677, Louis XIV granted to the Collège des Irlandais of Paris the building of the Collège des Lombards, located rue des Carmes. In 1775, the Irish students moved into a new building, a former mansion, renovated specially to accommodate them by the architect François-Joseph Belanger. At that time the library and the chapel were built. Following the French Revolution, the Irish College changed its destination several times, sometimes becoming a seminary for Irish students. In October 2002, it was restored when the Irish Cultural Centre was created. The Centre now offers an opening on the cultural heritage of