Visit of the Humanist library - The Bibliothèque Humaniste of Sélestat

Museums

Discover the treasures of the Renaissance in a museum in the heart of Alsace! The Humanist Library offers you a visit among unique medieval and printed manuscripts from the 16th and 17th centuries. In a building designed by the architect Rudy Ricciotti, your tour will be punctuated by modern and innovative devices at the service of books and art objects.

The interactive devices proposed throughout the visit allow everyone to enter the heart of the books and understand the richness of Rhenish humanism. Spend an unforgettable moment in this heritage facility ideally located at the crossroads of Alsace's tourist routes.

Horaires d'ouverture

May - September / December: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am - 12.30pm / 1.30pm - 6pm

24 and 31 December: closes at 4pm

February - April / October - November: Tuesday to Sunday, 1.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Last admission 30 min. before closing time.

Closed on Mondays and from 1 to 31 January, 1 May, 25 and 26 December.

Humanist library - The Bibliothèque Humaniste

The Humanist Library of Sélestat (Bas-Rhin) brings together the collections of the town's parish library. And those of the personal library of the Alsatian humanist Beatus Rhenanus (16th century), who donated them to his native town. It is housed in the town's former corn exchange, built in 1845.

Accès Train

Une liaison ferroviaire régulière existe pour Sélestat (ligne Strasbourg-Sélestat-Colmar-Mulhouse). La gare de Sélestat est desservie par le TGV Est à raison d’un A/R par jour. De la gare, il vous reste 10 min. de marche en direction du centre-ville pour arriver au musée.

Accès voiture

Du nord : à partir de Strasbourg, autoroute A35 direction Colmar sur 50 km. Sortie n°16 Sélestat centre - ZI Nord

Du sud : à partir de Mulhouse, autoroute A35 jusqu’à Colmar, puis RN 83 sur 22 km. Sortie n°18 - Sélestat Centre

De l’ouest : à partir de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines par RN 59, 22 km

De l’est : à partir de Marckolsheim/le Rhin par D 424, 14 km

La Bibliothèque Humaniste se trouve au centre-ville de Sélestat, à deux pas de l’église St-Georges.

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Mobilité réduite

L’ensemble de la Bibliothèque Humaniste est accessible aux personnes à mobilité réduite. Le site est doté d’un ascenseur.

TWITTER

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1939 - 45: a library in turmoil

From 8 February to 1 June 2025

Mémoire

Free

A library in turmoil, its heritage threatened and confiscated. As was the case for Alsatian society as a whole at the time, the period from 1939 to 1945 was a dark time for the Humanist Library, marked by threats to the written heritage of Selestria. This heritage institution had to face up to an ideological context in which a vast effort was being made to Nazify people's minds.
This exhibition explores the issues surrounding the preservation of the Humanist Library's heritage from 1938 to the Liberation. It also shows how the reading skills of the Selestadians and the written heritage inherited from the Renaissance were exploited to celebrate the literary glories of the eternal Germany promoted by Nazism.

Sélestat
1 place Dr Maurice Kubler
67600 Sélestat
France

0388580720
mediation@bibliotheque-humaniste.fr

When plants come out of the pages: botanical discovery workshop

8 April 2025 at 14:00

En famille

Adult : €4.00 - Kid : €4.00

Play at being a Renaissance botanist by going out into the field to observe and draw plants and create your own herbarium.

Sélestat
1 place Dr Maurice Kubler
67600 Sélestat
France

0388580720
mediation@bibliotheque-humaniste.fr

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