Musée Guimet - Guimet research plan 2026-2030

Guimet research plan 2026 2030

Global or local : museographic

stakes for Asian art museums

past and present

The exhibition is at the same time a strategic tool for attractiveness , one of the

privileged forms of research promotion and an essential mechanism for sharing

knowledge . In a context of renewed public expectations and diversif ication of forms

of display , particularly in Asia where museums are experiencing considerable

expansion , this research axis intends to explore , from a comparative perspective ,

the practices and issues related to the presentation of Asian arts , in Europe as well

as in Asia . Research on the exhibition as an object of study has undergone

signif icant development over several decades , f irst in Germany and the United

States , and then more recently in France . The history of exhibitions , museology

and the sociology of the public have contributed to making this theme a booming

multidisciplinary f ield . As a follow - up to the conference " Exhibiting Asian Arts .

New Franco - Chinese Perspectives " organized by the Musée Guimet on June 8 ,

2024 , this program proposes to structure a sustainable ref lection on the modalities

of exhibition of Asian arts , through crossed and contextualized perspectives .

In particular , it will be a question of questioning the narratives and museographic

devices deployed according to the cultural , historical and geographical contexts .

How are Asian arts shown in Western museums ? Is this dif ferent from the way these

works are presented in an Asian context ? How is Western art , in turn , presented

in Asian museums ? This cross - sectional view , focused on the conception and

reception of exhibitions , invites us to think about the question of otherness

in museum practices of yesterday and today . Particular attention should also be

paid to permanent exhibitions , whose attractiveness issues are widely shared on

an international scale .

Chinese Archaeology Gallery on the First Floor of the musée Guimet

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