The library is open !
Open by appointment, from Monday to Friday (9am - 5pm)
The Institut pour la photographie aims to support publishing and books in all their forms. The Library is a free place of information and resources on the history of photography for all audiences.
It houses the collections of Annie-Laure Wanaverbecq, a historian of photography, acquired in 2018, and Lucien Birgé, a collector who donated more than 25 000 documents.
It currently has over 7 500 documents (general and thematic anthologies, monographs, theoretical works, periodicals, old collections, youth section) available on site from Tuesday to Sunday and referenced online through a digital portal, created with the CRP/ (Douchy-les-Mines), Diaphane (Clermont-de-l’Oise), Château Coquelle (Dunkerque) and Destin Sensible (Mons-en-Baroeul) referencing the work of the local actors.
The library is closed during the summer period (July-August)