The framework scientific and cultural partnership agreement between the Musée du Louvre and the Collège de France was renewed on November 25 2023, with a visit to the new Institut des Civilisations at the Collège de France by Laurence des Cars, President and CEO of the Établissement Public du Musée du Louvre, accompanied by the directors of various departments.
Welcomed by the administrator of the Collège de France, Prof. Thomas Römer, and his fellow professors at the Institut des Civilisations, Ms des Cars was able to explore the libraries and reading rooms of this new facility, which reopened to researchers on September1st .
The representatives of the Collège de France and the Musée du Louvre expressed their satisfaction with the rich record of activities carried out over the period 2019-2023, including numerous co-organized colloquia and reciprocal loans of works and documents.
The signing of this new agreement for the period 2023-2027 sets three objectives in continuity with the previous agreement :
- the development of scientific collaborations,
- exhibitions and the dissemination of knowledge,
- exchanges of expertise and information.
