Explore the library Marie Madeleine Lancoux

Exceptional closure of the museum

and library on Tuesday 3 October 2023

• Est-ce que le "gleukos", boisson de l'Antiquité grecque, était du moût ? Etait-il mélangé avec du miel ou aromatisé ?
• Je suis à la recherche de documents donnant la recette "originelle" de la bûche de Noël
• Quelle est l'origine des diseuses de bonne aventure et quelle est leur place de notre société de nos jours ?
• Quelle est l'origine de la chemise traditionnelle suisse au motif edelweiss?

The MEG Library - Bibliothèque Marie Madeleine Lancoux - offers a specialized collection in social and cultural anthropology.

It is devoted to societies on five continents and is complemented by the Georges Amoudruz collection dedicated to the Alpine arc and the Rhone valley furrow. The Library also conserves the books of the Swiss Society of Americanists (SSA). In addition, the MEG Library cultivates numerous exchanges with partner institutions. Approximately 60,850 documents and 1,500 periodical titles, 220 of which are currently subscribed, are open to the public.

The MEG Library also offers multimedia materials related to the Museum's collection - such as DVDs, CDs, comic strips and children's books.

Collections

• Presentation of the library
• New acquisitions [PDF 192 Ko]
• Classification system

Services

• Consultation, loan and registration
• Make a purchase proposal
• Useful links