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Manuscripts Exhibit

At Mazarine Library

Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris

🆓Free first 5 days, then €15 yearly
🪪Bring your ID for first visit
📵No photos allowed inside the library

Step inside a 17th-century reading room where Cardinal Mazarin's collection of nearly 5,000 manuscripts—from 10th-century papal letters to contemporary archives—lines the shelves in one of Paris's most beautiful libraries.

Historic 17th-century library
Rare manuscript collection
Scholarly research haven
Elegant classical architecture