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Samedi 1 juin, 14h00Passat
Junh 2024
Dissabte 1
14:00 - 18:00
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Bibliothèque des Dominicains

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

Precious herbaria

Come and discover the botanical treasures preserved in the municipal library of the Dominicans classified among the historical monuments. It contains the written memory of the region since the Middle
Samedi 1 juin, 14h00Passat
© Ville de Colmar, Herbier datant de 1562 «Plantarum, arborum, fruticum et herbarum effigies», imprimé à Francfort

Come and discover the botanical treasures preserved in the municipal library of the Dominicans classified among the historical monuments. It contains the written memory of the region since the Middle Ages with some 400,000 documents including 1,200 manuscripts and 2,300 incunabula, the second largest collection after that of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Types of events
Exhibition
2024 Theme
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Conditions for participation
Free entrance
Type of audience
General public

À propos du lieu

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
Etiquetas
Monument historique, Première participation, Jardin d'inspiration médiévale
Accès
Bike: locations between the library and the church of the Dominicans/ TRACE bus network of Colmar Agglomeration/ Car: many parking nearby
Bibliothèque des Dominicains