Unusual visits

Name: Unusual visits
Start: 2023-09-16T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Bibliothèque Centrale de Versailles

The personal libraries of a queen and a favorite, the office of a reader of the beyond, hiding places and a maze of books... Come and discover the secrets and anecdotes that are...

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

On site and same day registration only

The personal libraries of a queen and a favorite, the office of a reader of the beyond, hiding places and a maze of books... Come and discover the secrets and anecdotes that are nestled in the heart of the former Hotel des Affaires étrangères et de la Marine de Louis XV with the librarians in charge of the heritage collections.

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thèmes 2023

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit, Sur inscription

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Bibliothèque Centrale de Versailles

5 rue de l'Indépendance américaine 78000 Versailles

Yvelines
Île-de-France

The municipal library of Versailles has been installed since 1803 in the old buildings of the Hôtel des Affaires Étrangères et de la Marine of Louis XV, built between 1761 and 1763\. As a classified library, it retains significant heritage funds from revolutionary confiscations or donations.
The Foreign Gallery, the ceremonial site of the building, was a landmark of French diplomacy from 1763 to the Revolution. Today a place of conservation of 55,000 ancient works, it offers to the eyes of visitors, throughout its row of five rooms, a beautifully preserved decoration and embellished with a portrait of Louis XV by Charles-André Van Loo, of doors made by Louis-AndréNicolas Van Blarenberghe and panels signed by Jean-Jacques Bachelier.