The French Cultural Center provides an authentic French cultural and social experience. The library presents a collection of approximately 25,000 French books, including contemporary fiction, literary criticism, biography, and history, and the children's library offers more than 1,000 picture and story books for those under 12. Speaking French is not a requirement for membership at the French Cultural Center, and the Education Department offers a wide variety of French classes as well as workshops for teachers taught by native French-speaking faculty.