Our collections

A regular visitor to the Cinémathèque française during his stays in Paris, and a distinguished guest at the Cinémathèque suisse during the many celebrations of his films and work, Jean-Luc Godard has left behind him a unique legacy in the history of cinema. The Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne (Lausanne Cantonal and University Library) […]

Witchcraft trials have been the subject of academic study at the UNIL for several decades, and are now attracting renewed interest from the general public. In this context, the BCUL has a heritage that deserves to be (re-)discovered. A series of articles highlighting the treatises on witch-hunting and demonology that haunt the Réserve précieuse. We […]

Following the death of horn player Jozsef Molnar on February 24, 2022 in Ollon, the Music Archives department has received new documents to complete the collection created in his name in 2019. Part of this collection has recently been classified and placed in acid-free boxes. This is the sheet music collection, comprising 350 documents for […]

With the aim of promoting the musical heritage of the Canton of Vaud, La Phonothèque offers you thematic and occasional playlists of historical and new works. Not only will you find the musicians and groups you love, but you’ll also be able to make some great discoveries! All musical genres are represented: classical music (composers […]

Aviator Eric Bradley and city councillor Paul Rosset before their flight over Lausanne, photograph by Eugène Würgler, postcard, circa 1920. Fonds de la Collection iconographique vaudoise. Over 3,700 heritage documents relating to means of locomotion are now available on the Patrinum database. Inventoried in batches and fully digitized, this rich collection consists mainly of photographs […]

The BCUL has long promoted a certain linguistic and cultural plurality with the aim of facilitating encounters and exchanges. At the Riponne site, in addition to the national languages of German and Italian and international English, we also have collections in languages of recent immigration, such as Spanish and Portuguese. For language learning – including […]