From September 30, 2026 to January 31, 2027, the BnF François-Mitterrand site highlights Japanese photography since 1945, presenting the work of around a hundred artists, including Hiromi Tsuchida, Shigeo Gocho, Yoshi Takata, Mamoru Sakamoto, and Kazuo Amemiya.
For Heritage Days, the BnF is throwing open its doors on September 19 and 20, 2026. What’s on the agenda? A tour of the various sites, visits to the restoration workshops, and glimpses of numerous documents!
The writer Georges Perec is at the heart of a show bearing his name, on view at the BnF François Mitterrand from October 13, 2026 to February 14, 2027. Come discover this indispensable 20th‑century author.
In the 13th arrondissement, it's impossible to miss these 4 immense buildings overlooking the banks of the Seine: designed to resemble an open book, the four towers of the François Mitterrand library offer a place to read, work in silence, do research and consult hundreds of thousands of documents.
Perched atop the Tour des Lois of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Belvédère on the François-Mitterrand site offers a spectacular view of Paris. Accessible only on guided tours, it combines architectural discovery, history and an exceptional panorama.
As a heatwave grips Paris, the capital’s museums and monuments are adapting to welcome visitors as smoothly as possible. Rather than cutting hours, the two sites of the National Library of France are actually increasing capacity to stay cool.
On the occasion of Rendez-vous aux Jardins, spanning June 5–7, 2026 across Paris and the Île-de-France region, the BNF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France – François-Mitterrand) invites visitors to discover its garden-forest.
From March 24 to July 19, 2026, the BnF François-Mitterrand is offering a rare immersion into cartography and its imaginary territories, through more than 200 works, for a journey to the frontiers of reality and fiction.
Attention, Barbara fans! Nearly 30 years after her passing, the François-Mitterrand Library (BnF) is celebrating the legendary singer-songwriter with a brand-new exhibition titled "Dis quand reviendras-tu? Barbara et son public". This unique cultural event is free to the public and runs from January 27 to April 5, 2026, in the Donors' Gallery.
From September 23, 2025 to January 18, 2026, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, on the François-Mitterand site, celebrates a major figure in French literature, Colette, in an original and moving exhibition.
This Saturday morning, September 13, 2025, the BnF François Mitterrand site in the 13th arrondissement of Paris will be closed to the public. We explain the reasons for this exceptional closure.
