After six months of interim work, Aurosi Moreno (41 years old) is officially appointed director of the Lodève Museum by the Community of Lodévois and Larzac communes (CCLL). With a professional master’s degree in conservation, management and dissemination of 20th century works of art and a degree in philosophy, Aurosi Moreno joined the team at the Lodève Museum in 2008. She successively held the functions of manager, mediator, head of collection management, then curator for temporary exhibitions. Aurosi Moreno has notably coordinated several recent multidisciplinary exhibitions. In 2023, she became deputy director of the museum after passing the competition for territorial heritage conservation officer.
The Lodève Museum (former Fleury museum) is a museum of modern art, archeology and natural sciences managed by the CCLL. Created in 1957, since 1987 it has occupied the former private mansion of Cardinal de Fleury in Lodève, where the studio of the sculptor Paul Dardé (1888-1963) is located. Labeled “Museum of France” by the Ministry of Culture, it was renovated and expanded in 2018. The museum today has a total surface area of 2,436 m², including approximately 1,150 m² devoted to permanent collections which are largely from the Lodévois-Larzac region.
Aurosi Moreno succeeds Ivonne Papin-Drastik. First director of the Coutances Museum then delegated curator for Antiquities and Objects of Art of La Manche, Ivonne Papin-Drastik joined the Cognac museums as assistant curator. From 2005, she became involved in the scientific project of the Lodève Museum, before working in the Heritage Inventory service in the PACA region. In 2010, Ivonne Papin-Drastik was appointed director of the Lodève Museum. She remained there until her retirement in 2025.
