Sculpture, teapots, boxes, paintings: new works will expand the collections of the Compagnie des Indes de Lorient museum, in Port-Louis (Morbihan).
The municipal council validated, this Friday, December 20, 2024, the entry of sixteen objects. Total cost of acquisitions, financed by the City of Lorient, the Department of Morbihan with sometimes the help, for some, of the Drac (Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs), the FRAR (Regional Museum Acquisition Fund) and the fund heritage: approximately €159,500. €14,700 has already been paid by the City, which should – according to the financing plan – contribute another €43,608.
The modified route
“The acquisition of works produced in Asia for Europeans, from the arrival of the Portuguese in the 16the century and during the East India Company period, 1600-1838, is a priority of the East India Company Museum. For around fifteen years, the latter has modified its permanent route following the arrival of new collections (purchases, donations, deposits) in order to illustrate more broadly overseas trade, its mechanisms, its consequences, at the time of first globalizations »recalled Sophie Palant-Le Hegarat, deputy in charge of culture.
Three donations from the association of friends of the Compagnie des Indes museum were also validated.
