Marie Lavandier defends the CMN facing the risk of a divorce with Mont-Saint-Michel
Heard by the Senate Culture Committee on Wednesday May 27, 2026, Marie Lavandier, president of the Center des monuments nationaux…
Versailles reconstructs the bed of Louis XVI
Versailles (Yvelines). This is not the first time that the Palace of Versailles has restored or returned a royal bedroom,…
“The main problem of the Friends of Museums is the aging of the members”
What is the role of the French Federation of Associations of Friends of Museums (FFSAM)? When it was created in…
London’s Garden Museum mobilized to acquire portrait of 18th-century black gardener
The Garden Museum in London is leading an emergency campaign to raise £420,000 (€486,000) to acquire the portrait of John…
The restitution of Louis XVI’s bed
Versailles (Yvelines). This is not the first time that the Palace of Versailles has restored or returned a royal bedroom,…
The Ixelles Museum at the crossroads of different perspectives
Brussels. After eight years of closure for an expansion and in-depth renovation, the Ixelles Museum is in the home stretch…
4,500-year-old building reconstructed near Stonehenge
Three kilometers from Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, the British heritage protection organization English Heritage inaugurated the Kusuma Neolithic…
The new V&A East targets young people
London. To get to the “V&A East”, the new branch of the Victoria and Albert Museum, you have to venture…
In the United Kingdom, museum budgetary constraints weigh on staff numbers
THE Museum Directors Research 2026published by the Art Fund association in May, established a worrying observation. Staff shortages are now…
Monet’s gardens put to the test of overtourism
Giverny (Eure). First there is the story. And she is beautiful. On April 29, 1883, Claude Monet (1840-1926) saw this…
In Giverny, Monet does not benefit everyone
Giverny (Eure). The April sun hesitates. When he decides to touch the flowers still fresh with dew, the first buses…
The Comédie-Française under construction again
Paris. At the Comédie-Française, it’s time for a new act. Not on stage, but behind the scenes of its legendary…