The Opéra Garnier will close longer than expected
Initially estimated at two years, the duration planned for the work on the stage cage of the Opéra Garnier has…
The Princeton University Museum gets a makeover
New Jersey (United States). The campus of Princeton University invites you to stroll, with its stylish building Gothic Revival to…
The Manhattan prosecutor’s office continues its seizures at the Met
The cumulative value of antiquities from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met, New York) seized or turned over to the…
The municipality of Tarbes votes for free access to all museums
This was one of the campaign promises of the new mayor of Tarbes, Pascal Claverie (various center): free admission for…
The fire at the future Kanal-Centre Pompidou is extinguished
The fire, declared Monday evening on the site of the future Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Brussels, was completely extinguished around 9…
A new work program for Notre-Dame
Notre-Dame de Paris has not finished with the scaffolding. The public establishment Rebâtir Notre-Dame de Paris has announced a work…
Why doesn’t Italy have a Tate Modern or Center Pompidou?
Italy. It is not only France that can claim a cultural exception. Italy too and not only for the unparalleled…
In Angers, Ronceray Abbey opens to the public
Angers (Maine-et-Loire). “Little Fontevraud Angevin”, “one of the most important abbeys of Anjou”… there is no shortage of names to…
In La Roche-sur-Yon, the project for a Napoleon museum on hold
La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée). An equestrian statue of Napoleon I (see ill.) which dominates a square itself named in his honor:…
The Château de Divonne once again ravaged by flames
In the grip of a new fire, now under control, the Château de Divonne (Ain) is still letting black smoke…
The Chartres Museum of Fine Arts will finally be renovated
The decision was made by the municipal council: the renovation project for the Chartres Museum of Fine Arts was approved…
New loan possibilities for national museums
France. The increased development of exhibitions, coupled with the State’s desire for decentralization, has led to an increase in loans…