The Documentation centre of the Institut National du Patrimoine is a unit of the department of curators and is closely associated with regular and continuing-education programmes.

The Centre has collected works relating to the management of cultural goods, the inventory, acquisition, management, conservation, circulation and enhancement of heritage resources (archaeological, archival, artistic, cinema, ethnological, fluvial and maritime, hospital, industrial, military, museum, natural, photographic, religious, rural, scientific and technical ...).

The Centre has an active publication policy and produces some 180 new educational documents each year, some of which are accessible via the Digital library of INP.

The centre holds some 17400 items including 14800 books and articles, 2060 subject files, 350 multimedia documents, 302 periodicals, all catalogued online and accessible on this site.

Consult the catalog

Access and opening hours

The centre is open to students of the Institute and, by appointment, to visiting professionals and scholars.

Access

Documentation centre
2, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
Phone : 01 44 41 16 45
centre.ressources.documentaires@inp.fr

Opening hours

Monday to Thursday : 14.00 to 18.00
Friday : 14.00 to 17.00

Closed : Christmas to New Year and first 2 weeks of August.