Extraordinary reading room at the BNF Richelieu
FREE for all, all year round
FREE for all, all year round
The oval room of the BNF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
- WE LIKE: a large reading room, in a unique and wonderful place
- AGE: for everyone, as long as you like to read!
- BOOKS : more than 20,000 books available, including 9,000 comics
- CAPACITY : 160 reading seats and 50 seats in comfortable armchairs
- OPENING HOURS: every day (except Monday) from 10 am to 6 pm; late opening until 8 pm on Tuesday
- TARIFF: FREE, no reservation required
- PLACE: BNF, 5 rue Vivienne (Paris 2nd)
The Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the Oval Room in photos:
The Oval Room is the jewel of the BNF
The Oval Room is the emblematic room of the BNF. In September 2022, it became accessible to all audiences for the first time. Before, this place was reserved for researchers. With 43 m long, 32 m wide, 18 m high and more than 20,000 books, this place is simply spectacular!
An ideal comic book library
- The Oval Room becomes an essential place for the consultation of comic books in Paris, with 9000 albums in free access.
- There are comic books from its origins, in the 1830s, to the most recent publications such as the latest Asterix.
- All geographical areas are represented: Franco-Belgian comics and new and European comics are in the majority. But there are also a lot of Asian comics, especially manga. There are also American comics (comics and South American comics), also comics from Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, etc.
- Our tip : a nice place to show the children an architectural marvel and to have a good time among the books
