Events Calendar

Explore the remarkable life and legacy of Adrienne de La Fayette in this special exhibition commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10th

Explore the remarkable life and legacy of Adrienne de La Fayette in this special exhibition commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10th

Explore the remarkable life and legacy of Adrienne de La Fayette in this special exhibition commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10th

Explore the remarkable life and legacy of Adrienne de La Fayette in this special exhibition commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10th

Seeking opportunities to speak French? Join us online for our popular members-only conversation gathering.

Explore the remarkable life and legacy of Adrienne de La Fayette in this special exhibition commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10th

Explore the remarkable life and legacy of Adrienne de La Fayette in this special exhibition commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10th

Explore the remarkable life and legacy of Adrienne de La Fayette in this special exhibition commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10th

Explore the remarkable life and legacy of Adrienne de La Fayette in this special exhibition commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10th

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Explore the remarkable life and legacy of Adrienne de La Fayette in this special exhibition commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10th

The French Library is delighted to present this cooking class from our Gastronomy & Wine program. Guided by excellence, this program is designed to educate you in the fine art of cooking and oenology with experts.

Join us for a special conference with French historian Vincent Bouat-Ferlier celebrating the 400th anniversary of the French Navy, exploring Lafayette’s unexpected maritime journey during the Age of Revolutions.

We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our library for a magical story time in French!

Learn to prepare authentic crêpes bretonnes with homemade salted butter caramel paired with salmon rillettes in this hands-on cooking class, taught in French. Beginners welcome!

Join us for the opening of our Pascal Bonitzer Retrospective with the Boston premiere of Hugo (Victor comme tout le monde), starring the incomparable Fabrice Luchini.

An elegant wine education series exploring France’s most important regions through the lens of culture, tradition, and taste. Each class embraces a region and incorporates a book as a narrative guide - framing the wines, places, and people that shaped France’s enduring wine culture. Across the series, we’ll move through key French regions in a cohesive tasting journey, offering both seasoned enthusiasts and curious newcomers a deeper, more intuitive understanding of French wine, guided by storytelling, expert insight, and shared conversation.

Seeking opportunities to speak French? Join us online for our popular members-only conversation gathering.

We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our library for a magical story time in French!

Join former Boston Lyric Opera General & Artistic Director Esther Nelson for a fascinating journey through legend, history, and opera, tracing how the story of Tell has been reimagined across centuries, with live musical excerpts from Rossini’s masterpiece.

The French Library is delighted to present this cooking class from our Gastronomy & Wine program. Guided by excellence, this program is designed to educate you in the fine art of cooking and oenology with experts highlighting different regions of France.

Join us at the French Library for a conversation about Les fous de Bassan by Anne Hébert. We invite you to read the book in its entirety and meet us on September 23rd, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.

Come join us for the new Theater Club at the French Library, a place to read, watch, discuss and recite contemporary and classic French plays with fellow enthusiasts.

To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, Isabelle Slotine invites you to explore the MFA's newly reimagined Art of the Americas galleries from a distinctive French perspective.

We invite parents and children to gather in the children's room of our library for a magical story time in French!

Join us at Harvard Book Store for a conversation with Leïla Slimani, bestselling and Prix Goncourt–winning author of The Perfect Nanny, about her new novel, I’ll Take the Fire.