Exhibition: the woodwork of the Alençon media library

Name: Exhibition: the woodwork of the Alençon media library
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Médiathèque Aveline

In 2023, the woodwork, composed of 26 18th-century oak cabinets, which adorn the room on the first floor of the old church of the Jesuit College of Alençon, will be restored.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

These European Heritage Days, before the work that will require the closing of the hall for several months, are an opportunity to discover the ins and outs of the upcoming construction site. Supported by the Heritage Foundation and the Normandy Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs, this project promises to ensure the conservation of this unique heritage and accessible to all.

About the location

Médiathèque Aveline

Cour Carrée de la dentelle, 61000 Alençon

Orne
Normandie

Heritage collection of the Alençon Media Library in the former Jesuit church. The Alençon Media Library houses a unique written heritage with 728 manuscripts, 26 incunabula and about 40,000 ancient books. The books confiscated during the French Revolution are kept in the old Jesuit church built at the end of the 17th century. This building, remarkable for its so-called imperial structure, served as a library for the École Centrale de l'Orne from 1799\. The nave is separated transversally with on the ground floor a study room and on the floor the heritage room. Remarkable 18th century oak woodwork and four marble columns from the Val-Dieu chartreuse in the Perche embellish the heritage room. Administratively, the municipal library of Alençon was created in 1803.