Frequently asked questions

Culturethèque has been a major platform for the French cultural network abroad for over 10 years, helping to promote French-speaking culture by making it accessible to as many people as possible, thanks to the availability of tens of thousands of online resources: digital books, children's albums, audio books, comic strips, podcasts, press, web-radios and self-training units.

Culturethèque is also a tool for cultural and educational activities, offering themed selections curated by the Institut français and from partnerships.

Culturethèque is intended for the members of the Instituts français, Alliances Françaises or SCAC (Services de Coopération et d'Action Culturelle) and their partner establishments around the world (with the exception of France). To have an access to Culturethèque, you must reside outside France and register with one of the establishments of the French network abroad or belong to an establishment benefiting from a partnership with an Institut français or an Alliance Française.

Culturethèque is a free content service offered in addition to the services of your Institut français / Alliance Française / SCAC or partner establishment.

Click on "Register". You will be asked to select a school in your geographical area, and to contact them if you wish to confirm your subscription.

If you had an active Culturethèque account with a valid email address. Your account has been retained. You should have received an email inviting you to log in on February 20. Click on this link to validate your e-mail, select your establishment and complete your user profile. Please note that the e-mail now replaces the login ID.

If your Culturethèque account expired before 12/31/23, or if no valid email was entered in your user space, or if your account was inactive, you must create a new Culturethèque account. 

This is the trial period for all new Culturethèque users. Before the end of the trial month, visit your school (Institut français / Alliance Française / SCAC or partner school) to confirm your registration.

At the end of the 30-day trial period, if your membership has not been confirmed by your establishment, you will no longer have access to Culturethèque.

Please fill in the form available here. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

Please contact culturetheque@institutfrancais.com

Please contact culturetheque@institutfrancais.com

Culturethèque has been redesigned both aesthetically and editorially.

Today, Culturethèque is identical in all countries. This means that the catalog must be designed on a global scale.

Since 2022, our suppliers have been Cafeyn for the press:

• Cafeyn for the press; 
• ToutApprendre for literature, children's books, podcasts and audiobooks; 
• Omnibook for cataloguing.

We no longer authorize the addition of third-party suppliers or the use of the GNP.

You have several search tools at your disposal.

Navigation via the home page and the main menu, which allows you to discover media based on their themes, your profile and current events. 

Simple search, using keywords from the search bar.

In-depth search, which lets you search for media by publication date, publisher and genre.

Simply click on "READ" once on the media sheet. A new window will open giving you access to the media.

Please fill in the form available here ici. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

A list works like a playlist. You can add the media of your choice, a title and share it privately with your community, or publish it on the home page. This lets you group content by theme, concept or course content.

Administrators and users can create content lists. From the advanced search tool, search for the desired media and click on the bookmark at the top left of the image. Then choose "create list", rename if necessary and add the media to the list.

You can share your lists via the "my lists" tab, choose the list you want, then "share a list". It can be shared on social networks (Facebook, X, LinkedIN), by email or via a URL link.

From the home page, you have access to the public lists created by the community. To follow one of these lists, click on the list and then on "Follow list".