Georges Pompidou is my favorite French President

French leaders like to outlive their presidencies/terms of office/reigns etc. Case-in-point: Louis XIV (in the form of Versailles).

I however much prefer the legacy of this man:


(Georges Pompidou: President from '69-'74)

He constructed a modern art museum, the Centre Beauboug (later named Centre Pompidou after his death).

I've been to this museum twice and am really anxious to go back. Today I went to la Bibliotheque Publique d'Information which is attached to the Centre Pompidou. It is the largest library I have personally ever been to, and it has everything my nerdy heart could ever desire. I was there researching Girodet's le Sommeil d'Endymion:



as well as a painting called le Portrait Presume de Gabrielle d'Estrees et une de ses Soeurs which is attributed to someone in the Fountainebleau School during the 16th century:



I found a good amount of information, and was really gratified that I was able to find anything in such a huge place...and was able to type on a French keyboard (I was really shocked when I went to type an "a" and a "q" showed up...).

Here are some pictures inside the libary:







Check out the queue...to get into a library!



Apologies, this post was really self-indulgent. Hope you enjoyed it anyways!