Agate and the Culture libre label

On June 16, 2025, INRAE’s digital heritage library, Agate, was awarded the Bronze “Culture Libre” label by Wikimédia France.

Agate shares its collections under the Etalab Open License, promoting open access and the free reuse of its historical prints and images. All documents are available on agate.inrae.fr, as well as on Gallica, the digital library of France’s national library, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France or BNF.

Previously unpublished image collections have been shared on Wikimedia Commons, the multilingual media library. These resources will also be available this summer on Agate and Gallica.

Additional image collections will be released in the coming years, with the aim of making Agate’s digital heritage library accessible to an even broader audience.

FR :

L'Institut national de la recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement dévoile une partie de ses trésors.

Agate pour agriculture alimentation territoire et environnement

Des milliers d'images et d'ouvrages anciens en accès libre et gratuit, remarquables par leur valeur esthétique, historique, scientifique, technique

Plus de 600 livres de référence, revues, monographies, fascicules,
Des milliers d'images anciennes provenant d'INRAE, des Archives Nationales, de la BNF,
Des illustrations, des dessins,
Nos coups de coeur, les focus

Agriculture, alimentation, territoire, environnement, quatre thématiques, quatre enjeux essentiels de notre temps, abordés au travers de plusieurs collections.

Si vous êtes étudiants, chercheurs, enseignants, n'hésitez pas à utiliser Agate pour vos propres travaux.

Explorer, consulter et télécharger en haute définition

La bibliothèque numérique patrimoniale d'INRAE s'inscrit dans une démarche de partage des connaissances et de science ouverte

EN :

The French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) opens the doors to some of its treasures.

Agate – named for its four pillars: Agriculture, Food (Alimentation), Territories, and Environment.

Thousands of historic books and images, freely available—remarkable for their aesthetic, historical, scientific, and technical value.

Over 600 key reference works: books, journals, monographs, booklets.
Thousands of historical images from INRAE, the French National Archives (Archives nationales), and the National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France).
Illustrations, drawings,
Our favourites, our (curated) highlights.

Agriculture, food, territories, environment—four core themes, four major issues of our time, explored through multiple collections.

If you are a student, researcher, or teacher, do not hesitate to use Agate for your own work.

Explore, browse, and download in high resolution.

INRAE’s digital heritage library is part of a broader commitment to knowledge sharing and open science.