Supporting the development of museums in France

As part of the development and influence of museums in France, the regional directorates of cultural affairs (DRAC) can support and promote projects that contribute to their regulatory compliance, their scientific enhancement, the development of their audiences and that help to anchor their role in the cultural and social structuring of the territory. Thus, actions can be supported by intervention credits, whether they participate in dissemination - exhibitions, publications, study days, conservation-restoration, research, enrichment of collections, decennial inventory - or whether they concern digitization, editorialization and networking operations of French museum collections - digital equipment, specialized inventory software, digitization, data entry -.

→ What is the operating aid for museums in France?

The decentralized services of the Ministry of Culture provide their support to museums that meet or commit to meeting the obligations related to the "Musée de France" designation (heritage code): scientific activities must be carried out under the responsibility of qualified personnel, the museum must have a public service, collections are listed in a standardized inventory, the establishment must proceed with the inventory of its collections in the month…