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Following a regulatory obligation to locate and mark asbestos coatings discovered on the Caran building, the opening of the consultation rooms in Paris is suspended until October 5, date of submission of the experts' report; we will keep you informed of the follow-up to be given to this audit. During this period, the room of maps and plans remains in operation.
For any questions, a hotline is available between 10 a.m. and 4.45 p.m. at the following number: 01 40 27 64 20

Règlement de la salle de lecture spécifique à la période covid-19
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Communication relative à l'adaptation de la posture VIGIPIRATE

Le Quadrilatère des archives fait peau neuve
Le ministère de la Culture restaure et valorise son patrimoine et renforce sa présence au cœur de Paris
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CARAN reading rooms

CARAN Centre de Recherches des Archives nationales
Address
11 rue des Quatre-Fils, 75003 Paris.
Opening times
Open from Monday to Saturday, from 9am to 4:45pm
Contact
Tel. : +33 (0)1 40 27 64 20
Getting here
Métro Rambuteau (line 11), Arts et Métiers (line 3). Bus routes 29 and 75. You can get here by crossing the gardens of the Hôtel de Soubise, 60 rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 75003 Paris
Closure dates

Equipment for disabled readers
The reception desks and main desk in the reading rooms are equipped with audio induction loops. A video magnifier to enlarge documents in HD up to a factor of 40 and/or against a contrasting background is available on request in the reading room.

Disabled access
Further information

Visits
A visit is held every Monday at 2pm, no need to book beforehand, except the month of August and at the end of December.

Recommendations
To save time you can reserve the documents you're interested in online.
Certain documents are not available for immediate consultation:

• documents in poor condition, which may only be consulted on authorisation;
• Cartographic records,
• documents which need to be "extracted" (the document is removed from its box in order to be consulted)

Please note: same-day orders and reservations for the following morning need to be received by 3pm.
Only documents that have been reserved or renewed may be consulted on Saturdays.

Training courses
Further information
Research centres
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Hôtel de Soubise and Grands dépôts

Presentation booklet {FR/Pdf}

Adress
60, rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 75003 Paris
Opening times
Open from Monday to Sunday (closed on Tuesdays)
Weekdays: 10am to 5:30pm
Saturdays: 2pm to 5:30pm
Sunday : 2pm to 5:30pm
Saturday and Sunday: 14: 00-17: 30.

Prices

Tarifs
Free
Décision tarifaire {Pdf/264Ko}
Droits d'entrée {Pdf/73Ko}

Contact
Tel. : +33 (0)1 40 27 60 96 - Fax. : +33 (0)1 40 27 66 45
Email: infomusee.archivesnationales@culture.gouv.fr
Getting here
Métro Rambuteau (line 11), Arts et Métiers (line 3). Bus routes 29 and 75
Equipment for disabled readers
The reception desk and the museum's audiovisual room are equipped with audio induction loops.

Disabled access
Further information

Gardens on the Paris site

There are three entrances to the Archives Nationales: 60, rue des Francs-Bourgeois and 11 rue des Quatre-Fils, 75003 Paris
Opening times
Autumn and winter Every day from 8am to 5pm, from the last Sunday in October to the last Saturday in March.
Spring and summer: From 8am to 8pm, from the last Sunday in March to the last Saturday in October.
Free admission to the public.
Further information

Representation of the gardens by landscape architect Louis Benech.