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Awakening an old lady: The Labrouste Room

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2017

Anne-Elisabeth Buxtorf
Anne-Elisabeth Buxtorf*
Affiliation:
Director, Bibliothèque de l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA), 58 rue de Richelieu, 75002 Paris, FRANCE Email: anne-elisabeth.buxtorf@inha.fr
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Abstract

During 2016, after overcoming many obstacles, the library of the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (National Institute of Art History - INHA), Jacques-Doucet collection, was established in an exceptional space designed during the Second Empire by the French architect Henri Labrouste (1801–1875). The reopening of this reading room is the fruit of a large-scale renovation project involving several French institutions. It is also the culmination of a long-standing plan to create an illustrious library of art history for France.

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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , January 2018 , pp. 53 - 59
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Copyright © ARLIS/UK&Ireland 2017 

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