Purposefully Designed Library
Paris 92100
+33 1 41 10 24 70
http://www.academie-des-beaux-arts.fr/fondations/bibliotheque.htm
Review © 2009, Wcities
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7, place Denfert-Rochereau Paris 92100 +33 1 41 10 24 70 http://www.academie-des-beaux-arts.fr/fondations/bibliotheque.htm |
Paul Marmottan, who lived from 1856 to 1932, inherited a fortune from the coal industry and created consumer cooperatives, but rather than pursuing the expected career in industry, administration, or politics, he chose to spend his energy as an amateur historian, collector, and patron of the arts. He left behind a museum as well as this library, where everything seems designed to inspire and instruct. The space is uniquely "organic", the books and their environment nestled together in a fine symbiosis. It has been restored to offer all the modern equipment necessary for research, conferences, and concerts. Review © 2009, Wcities |
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