Institut français du Royaume-Uni

The Institut français du Royaume-Uni is a branch of the Institut français, which represents and promotes French learning and culture in the United Kingdom. It is situated in London's South Kensington at Queensberry Place, a turning off Cromwell Road, facing the Natural History Museum.

The Institut français building in Queensberry Place, London

Founded in 1910, as The Université des Lettres française^[1][2][3] the Institut Français has branches in London and Edinburgh (See: French Institute for Scotland).^[4]

"Marie d'Orliac, who had become Marie Bohn on her marriage, directed the Institute and the school from 1910 to 1920."^[5][6]

The London branch includes the Ciné Lumière cinema,^[7][8] and a library which includes the Bibliothèque Quentin Blake for children's books.^[9] It is a Grade II listed building.^[10]