French Institute: Visit Us

Academic Year 2024-2025

The French Institute is open to visitors!

In order to best assist you, please contact us in advance to make a research appointment. As our collections are linked with those at Assumption's d'Alzon Library, depending on your focus, you might also need to make an appointment there.

Hours: We are typically here Monday-Friday, from 8:30 to 4:30. We are closed over the Holiday Break: December 24th through January 2nd. We are open during most other university breaks, including the summer, but please reach out to confirm availability. 

Location: We are located on the 3rd floor of La Maison Française, the first building you see as you arrive on campus. There is no elevator. 

Research Policies

1. Researchers are required to register upon their first visit, and sign this on each visit.  Registration forms will become part of the permanent record for the Institute.
2. All materials must be used at the assigned Reading Table of the Institute.
3. Neither food nor drinks are allowed when using the materials.
4. Researchers must use pencil or a laptop computer for note taking.  Pens, markers, and scanners may not be used with the material.
5. Please use care in handling all archival material.  All items must lie flat on the table, or in book cradles provided by the Institute.  Nothing is to be placed on top of the material, except book weights provided by the Institute.
6. The original order of all material must be maintained.  Do not rearrange collections.  Please report any disarrangement to the staff.
7. Readers may request more than one item or volume of material at a time, but the Institute staff reserves the right to limit that number depending on condition and type of material requested.
8. Institute staff will transfer materials between storage area and Reading Table.
9. Scanning of items will be determined on a case by case basis.