Due to security reasons of the Embassy of France, identity checks are intensified at Palazzo Farnese’s reception.
In order to ensure your best possible reception at the library, please take note of the following rules:
- Public access is subject to systematic checks and screening. We thank you in advance for collaborating with the security personnel to facilitate these operations that could take some minutes.
- Please bring a valid identity document and, if you are already enrolled, your library card to access Palazzo Farnese.
If you’re not yet enrolled in the Library, or if you need to renew the card, please check how to take an appointment and get a library card at the page Registrations and renewals.
The access to the EFR Library is at the second floor of Palazzo Farnese. An elevator is at your disposal.
When you arrive, please sign the entry register placed next to the reception, specifying the last four digits of your card, your surname, your name and the hour of your entry. We invite you to deposit your card in the card box next to the register.
Simple rules are applied at the library. Before your arrival, please take a look at the Library Rules and Regulations (in French).
When you want to go out, please place the books you no longer consult on the tables for the books to be put back, or, if you want to continue the consultation in the following days, fill in the maneat form, available at the reception points of the library, put it inside the stack of books you want to keep apart, and place the stack on the nearest collection point.
When you leave, do not forget to take back your card and sign the register again, marking the time of your departure on the same line as your arrival.
Have a great stay!
Click here to download the plans of the library with the pressmarks arrangement
Opening Hours
The EFR's library is open from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m,
on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Holidays and closing days 2023
Library card registration service is open from Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Life in the library
Closing of room 12
From Monday October 2, 2023, and until the end of October 2023, room 12 is closed for renovations.
Call numbers HF, from HFA to HFR, from HFR.AL to HFR.PO and HFR.Paris are consequently unavailable.
Call number f°HG stays available at the 2nd floor, in the Grande Galerie.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Closing of rooms 13 and 14
From Wednesday September 6, 2023, and until the end of October 2023, rooms 13 and 14 are closed for renovations.
Call numbers AOC.A, AOC.B, AOR.C, AX (except 4°AX.29), B, BI, BR, JD are consequently unavailable.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Closing of the Salon Jaune
From Tuesday June 13, the Salon Jaune is closed and call number Mél is unavailable.
A selection of volumes stays available : see here the list.
For more information, please ask the library staff. We're sorry for the inconvenience.
Farnese worksite: works on the Via del Mascherone side
The restoration of the facades and roofs of Palazzo Farnese is progressing: works on the Via del Mascherone side have begun. Noise disturbances are to be expected, as well as the unavailability of certain collections until Fall 2023.
Call numbers located in the Galerie du Chiffre (normally available on request) and in the Galerie des études, on the Via del Mascherone side, are unavailable. A selection of volumes has been moved to allow consultation.
See the list of call numbers concerned and the plan of temporary locations.
We remind you that it is forbidden to eat and drink inside the Library. The terrace is at your disposal.
Photos are submitted to authorization.
A brand new bouquet of journals on social sciences is now available between our electronic ressources on Torrossa plateform, accessible through our catalogue. See the list.
Explore our latest acquisitions on display
See the rooms and their collections on the plans of the library.
Contacts
Palazzo Farnese
Piazza Farnese, 67
00186 Roma
Tel: +39 06 68 60 13 30
Email: accueil.bibliotheque(at)efrome.it