Museum series - FULL ACCESS [7 episodes]

Description:

Every Thursday at 12 pm Central Time in Chicago/1 pm Eastern Time in Miami/19h Central European Time in Paris – From January 11 through February 22, 2024

Following the success of Grands Châteaux of the Loire and Ile-de-France, The Making of the French Gardens and The Great Churches of Paris series of online talks, our curator extraordinaire, Russell Kelley returns to offer an enthralling new series about an essential pillar of France’s cultural heritage: the extraordinary museums that were established in Paris starting during the Revolution and continuing through the end of the 19th century. We know you will love The Making of the Great Museums of Paris!

Russell sets the stage in his introductory lecture for the creation of the very first museums in France and elsewhere, inspired first by the Renaissance and then by the Enlightenment. What follows are six fascinating presentations by the directors and curators of the great museums established in and around Paris between 1793 and 1898, exploring how each institution came to be, and how each has evolved until today…

January 11: Introduction to The Making of the Great Museums of Paris
With Russell Kelley

January 18 : The Making of the Louvre Museum
With Françoise Mardrus, Director of Museum Studies and Research Support Department

January 25: The Making of the Museum of the Château de Versailles
With Russel Kelley

February 1: The Making of the Cluny Museum of the Middle Ages
With Séverine Lepape, Director

February 8: The Making of the Carnavalet of the History of Paris
With Ulysse Jardat, Curator, Head of the Decor, Furniture and Decorative Arts Department

February 15: The Making of the Condé Museum at Chateau de Chantilly
With Mathieu Deldicque, Director

February 22: The Making of the Museum of Decorative Arts
With Sophie Motsch, Assistant Curator 17th-18th Centuries