Until then responsible for the collections of the Museum of Brittany in Rennes, Manon Six (44 years old) takes the direction of the Museums of Le Mans made up of the Jean-Claude Boulard-Carré Plantagenêt museum and the Tessé museum. She succeeds Alice Gandin, part in the spring of 2025 at the Museum of Hunting and Nature.
Trained at the National Heritage Institute (2006-2007), Manon Six began her career in 2007 as a curator at France Museums, where she worked for the Louvre Abu Dhabi project, especially on medieval and art of Islam. In 2012, she joined the Cultural Affairs Regional Directorate (DRAC) Pays de la Loire, as a counselor for museums. As such, she followed the Museums of Le Mans projects until 2016.
The Le Mans museums were four in number until the house of Queen Bérengère in 2022 and the old museum (Green Museum) this year. From the vast museum plan announced in 2020, today it remains essentially the redevelopment of the Plantagenêt square called to accommodate the collections of the Green Museum, as well as the creation of a conservation center south of the city. The Tessé museum, the Museum of Fine Arts opened in 1799, will only benefit from the extension initially planned in a few years.
The Tessé museum.
© City of Le Mans / Gilles Moussé
