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Saturday 1 June, 10:00Passed
Conditions
Free admission within the limits of available places
June 2024
Saturday 1
10:00 - 18:00
Accessible to the intellectually impaired
Accessible to the hearing impaired
Accessible to the psychic impaired
Accessible to the motor impaired

Bibliothèque des Dominicains

1 place des Martyrs de la Résistance 68000 Colmar
  • Haut-Rhin
  • Grand Est

Reading under the vine

To discover and read under the vineyard, in the magnificent setting of the cloister of the Dominican library, a selection of books and albums on the theme of the 5 senses and gardens is presented to y
Saturday 1 June, 10:00Passed
Conditions
Free admission within the limits of available places
© Dessin colorié de Hansi (in « Colmar en France », texte de Carlos Fischer, éditions Floury, 1923. Colmar, Bibliothèque municipale, A 5128)

To discover and read under the vineyard, in the magnificent setting of the cloister of the library of the Dominicans, a selection of books and albums on the theme of the 5 senses and gardens is presented to you. To the sound of bees, listening to the flight of bumblebees.

Types of events
Spectacle / Reading
2024 Theme
The five senses in the garden
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Conditions for participation
Free entrance
Type of audience
General public

About the location

Bibliothèque des Dominicains
1 place des Martyrs de la Résistance 68000 Colmar
  • Haut-Rhin
  • Grand Est
Recently reopened to the public after four years of work, the restored Dominican convent, place of conservation of the historical collections of Colmar, is an exceptional site for exceptional collections.
It is in this listed monument that the city library has been installed since 1951\. The gallery of the cloister, rebuilt in the middle of the 15th century, serves as a setting for one of the most beautiful ancient collections. In 2012, the departure of public reading collections to the Media Cluster-Culture Edmond Gerrer allows the Library to focus on its functions of conservation and enhancement of the Colmar collections and gives it the vocation to become a first-rate heritage library.
The Library houses considerable collections, including 1,217 manuscripts, a third of which date back to the Middle Ages, 2,300 incunabula (mainly editions from German workshops, which constitute the largest collection of this type of work in France after Paris), 50,000 books printed between the 16th a
Tags
Monument historique, Première participation, Jardin d'inspiration médiévale
Access
Bike: locations between the library and the church of the Dominicans/ TRACE bus network of Colmar Agglomeration/ Car: many parking nearby
Bibliothèque des Dominicains