Aix-en-Provence - Bibliothèque Méjanes

In Aix-en-Provence, the valuable collection of the Mejanes Library - 350,000 18th C. volumes, manuscripts, incunabula - was once housed in the Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall), but now forms part of the Espace Culturel Méjanes, an old match factory converted into the municipal library at 8-10 Rue des Allumettes in the west of the town. The nucleus of the collection was provided by the Marquis de Méjanes (1726- 86), a teacher born in Arles, who donated 80,000 volumes to the native town.

The St John Perse Foundation, a research center for poets, diplomats and 1960 Nobel Prize Winners, has also been transferred here. Temporary exhibitions are held twice a year.