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Jointly organised by France Muséums, the Musée d’Orsay and Louvre Abu Dhabi, the new international exhibition Impressionism: Pathways to Modernity will be held from 12 October 2022 to 5 February 2023 at Louvre Abu Dhabi. Bringing together over 150 artworks including 130 on loan from the Musée d’Orsay, it focuses on a theme and a period that are central to the latter museum. By creating a dialogue between major painters such as Monet, Manet, Cézanne, Renoir and Degas, the exhibition invites us to explore the work and influences of artists who, from the mid-1850s onwards, opened up new creative pathways closely linked to the social upheavals of their time.

France Muséums leverages its extensive expertise to provide international project leaders with support and guidance. By redefining and reasserting the role and responsibility of museums, we aim to build a more accessible, inclusive and sustainable world. This article summarises the outcomes of the discussions that took place during Les Rencontres and explores the opportunities and challenges faced by museums today, paving the way for more in-depth conversations with the broader community of museum experts and aficionados.

In issue no. 426 of Urbanisme magazine, devoted to tourism, France Muséums CEO Hervé Barbaret analyses the development of cultural districts and the trend towards thinking in terms of wide-ranging urban destinations that go beyond the single focus of individual  museum venues.

Press release - France Muséums appoints Anne Eschapasse, former Deputy Director of the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, as Managing Director, based in Abu Dhabi. Anne Eschapasse will begin her new role on September 19, 2022.

France Muséums has worked closely with the Monnaie de Paris on the design for its new temporary exhibition Monnaies & Merveilles. Presented to the public from 12 May to 25 September 2022, this exhibition is a poetic and sensory journey through the countless uses of money in different civilisations over the course of history.

Press Release - Pondicherry Textile Park - France Muséums is happy to share the success of its April 2022 mission to Pondicherry, India. An expert team led by France Museums CEO Hervé Barbaret and Coumar Ananda Pondicherry Textile Park Sponsor, kick-started a new type of hybrid cultural destination in India. 

Jointly organised by France Muséums, Musée du Louvre and Louvre Abu Dhabi, the new temporary exhibition “Stories of Paper” will take place from 20 April to 24 July 2022. The exhibition explores the countless opportunities paper offers for artistic expression and encourages visitors to take a fresh look at this everyday material that has become less widely used in the digital era. These “stories of paper” give visitors the chance to discover points of convergence between different civilisations in innovative, palpable ways.

Most of the museum projects have become more complex and larger in recent years. Clients have been pushing design and content boundaries, while designers have been challenging the limits of buildability. Programs have been getting fast-tracked, visitors’ expectations and customers’ demand for cutting-edge experiences seem to be rising day by day. To deliver such a coherent and complete experience to their audience, upcoming museum projects must rely on an integrative approach and clearly state their vision.

France Muséums and the SCET Group, a public-interest organization fully owned subsidiary of the Caisse des Dépôts, have jointly published a white paper to analyse the challenges of territorial tourist attractiveness and the key role of cultural tourism today.