The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) is a public institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture. The BnF’s mission is to collect, preserve, enrich and communicate the national documentary heritage.

Website
www.bnf.fr/en/francois-mitterrand

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BnF Resources

Address
Quai François-Mauriac
75706 Paris Cedex 13

Resources online
Agenda - Discover all the cultural offer
CCFR collective catalogue of France
National Centre for Youth Literature
Gallica
Europeana
International Digital Libraries
Research programmes
Virtual exhibits
The exhibitions
BnF Sound Collection
BnF’s virtual galleries
Electronic resources
Children’s Digital Library
Readers' blog
Gallica blog
SINDBAD (Remote Librarian Information Service)
Information Portal - Europe
Information Portal - Francophonie
Information Portal - Sustainable development
Information Portal - Debatable societies
Conservation policy
Official publications of the European Union (EU)
Official publications of France
Media gallery
Image bank
RetroNews, the BnF press site

Online review
Chronicles, the BnF magazine

Databases
French national bibliography
Mandragora is the iconographic basis of the illuminated manuscripts of the BnF.
The base of digitized binders BnF offers a selection of decorative bindings
Local old press
Base of the Parisian editions of the XVIe century
XX Manuscript Directorye century
Catalogue of medals and antiques
Access to digital catalogues

Collections departments
Arsenal Library
Performing arts
Audiovisual
Maps and Plans
Law, economics, politics and the press
Prints and photography
Literature and art
Manuscripts
Coins, medals and antiques
Music
Guidance and bibliographic research
Philosophy, history, human sciences
Reserve of rare books
Science and technology

Libraries
The study library, known as the Haut-de-jardin, located in France-Mitterrand, is open to everyone from the age of 16 and provides free access to encyclopaedic collections.
The research library, on the François-Mitterrand site and the other sites, allows access to heritage collections by accreditation.
BnF General Catalogue