Over the next four years, Montpellier museums will host four exhibitions of works from the Guimet museum in Paris. Result of an agreement signed this Thursday, January 23, 2025. This museum holds the largest collection of Asian art in Europe.
The essentials of the day: our exclusive selection
Every day, our editorial team reserves the best regional news for you. A selection just for you, to stay in touch with your regions.
France Télévisions uses your email address to send you the newsletter “Today’s essentials: our exclusive selection”. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link at the bottom of this newsletter. Our privacy policy
Decentralize culture and offer new exhibitions to the public in Montpellier museums. Thursday January 23, 2025, at the Guimet Museum in Paris, the mayor of Montpellier Michaël Delafosse and Yannick Lintz, the director of the Parisian museum signed an agreement binding the two parties.
In fact, the museum which presents the largest collection of Asian art in Europe, with ancestral pieces some of which are over 1500 years old, undertakes to lend some of its works for the duration of an exhibition.
-Over the next four years, four exhibitions will take place in Montpellier museums, each time with a country in the spotlight. Thus, China, Japan, the Himalayan World and India will be offered to visitors.
“Since the Middle Ages, Montpellier has always been a cosmopolitan city open to the world, recalls Michaël Delafosse. It is fundamental to always maintain this desire for openness and understanding of the world. It’s Montpellier. We come to reinforce this and cultivate our curiosity.”
“I wanted to bring these Asian cultures as close as possible to people because we are a national museum and we must get as close as possible to people, everywhere on the territory, continues Yannick Lintz, director of the Guimet museum. Asia is important for everyone today, young people are fascinated by Asia, as the success of Japanese manga or Korean K-Pop and Asian cuisine testify.”
Montpellier will not be the only city to benefit from the exhibitions since the cities of Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme), Digne-les-Bains (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) also signed an agreement with the museum.
Related News :