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The INHA digital library provides online access to digitized documents from the library collections of : the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA, National Institute of Art History), the Jacques Doucet collections ; the Bibliothèque Centrale des Musées Nationaux (BCMN, Central Library of National Museums) ; the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA, National School of Fine Arts)
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The digital library is updated every month with new content, including all types of documents. Each upload is accompanied by a virtual exhibition focusing on a few selected new documents
Latest updates
Discover the latest uploads each month. Monthly virtual exhibitions highlight a selection of the new additions.
Archives and manuscripts
A rich and diverse collection comprising primary-source documents such as written correspondence, travel diaries, school workbooks, and autograph letters.
Drawings
Single sheet or bound, architectural and ornamental drawings, costume designs, illustrations … or even caricatures are generously represented in the library collections.
Prints
Whether portraits, illustrations, or posters, prints are among the most beautiful works featured in the collections and contribute to their originality.
Printed materials
Structured around a selection of classic works that constitute an ideal library in the field of art history, the collection of printed materials is completed by auction catalogues, museum catalogues, as well as festival books.
Photographs
From glass plates to aristotypes and calotypes, the photographic collections reflect all the techniques used in the 19th and early 20th centuries and illustrate how documentary photography, initially in the service of art became an art form in its own right.
Selected works
Discover a selection of the most valuable works featured in the collections
