Musée Guimet - Guimet research plan 2026-2030

Guimet research plan 2026 2030

Part 2 → The Villa Guimet research tools resources and partnerships

Victoria & Albert Museum , Rijksmuseum , Östasiatiska museet , etc . ) . Humboldt

Forum in Berlin , National Museum of Asian Art Washington , San Francisco Asian

Art Museum , National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh , Taipei Palace

Museum , Tokyo National Museum , Dunhuang Academy Museum , Shanghai

Museum , etc . ) . These collaborations will take the form of joint conferences , shared

publications or cross - residencies of researchers .

Dissemination through

the written word : enhancing

the museum ’ s scientific

visibility

The Musée Guimet will continue its role as co - editor , alongside the École

française d ' Extrême - Orient ( EFEO ) and the Cernuschi Museum , of the journal

Arts Asiatiques , a peer - reviewed scientif ic publication . A multi - year development

programme will be implemented jointly by the three institutions , with the aim

of strengthening the visibility of the deferred open access journal ( Persée ) ,

as well as the promotion of articles resulting from the research carried out

by the museum ' s curators and the resident researchers of the Villa Guimet and

the gradual integration of thematic files coordinated by the curators and / or

associate researchers .

At the same time , the Villa Guimet ' s digital portal will publish online the

proceedings of the conferences , the residents ' research notebooks , documentary

portfolios or critical editions of archives . This portal will be interoperable with HAL

and OpenEdition to enhance the visibility of the work .

Online dissemination :

towards an open and

shared science

The Musée Guimet , through its library , archives and photographic collection ,

is committed to an active policy of digitization and dissemination of research

resources via an enriched digital catalog of works , the gradual online publication

of its photographic collections , as well as the publication of corpora of manuscript

archives All these essential resources for research will be accessible in open

access under an open license

The scientif ic conferences organized in the auditorium or the Pelliot room will be

captured broadcast online and available as podcasts A series of scientific

podcasts produced in partnership with an audio studio will highlight the work of

the curators researchers and restorers of the Villa Guimet

Finally to reach a wider audience short scientif ic mediation content video clips

interviews infographics educational discussion threads thematic f iles will be

produced for social networks in conjunction with the communication department

and the programming and public department in order to broaden the audience

and strengthen the dissemination of knowledge to new audiences The cultural

mediation and public department will be in charge of content accessible only

outside the museum while the museum and signage mediation department will

manage the mediation content to which the museum wishes to give access from

the institution

The Villa Guimet : a catalyst

for scientific dissemination

The Villa Guimet is the epicentre of the museum ' s research policy . Its mission is not

limited to welcoming researchers but is intended to become a place of reference

for the dissemination of knowledge . Eventually , the Villa Guimet will organize an

annual residents ' day , open to the public , for the presentation of the work in

progress ; methodological workshops on the history of Asian arts ( epigraphy ,

iconography , materials , etc . ) , for young researchers and students and an online

publication bringing together each year a selection of the works of its grantees ,

in the form of notebooks of the Villa Guimet .

Governance , evaluation

and resources

Finally , a scientif ic advisory committee created to consolidate the bridges between

academic research and the museum ' s scientific team , chaired by the museum ' s

management and made up of the management of the Villa Guimet and the Directorate

of Collections and Conservation , the head of the research department of

the Villa Guimet and the partner institutions and the academic world , will be

responsible for validating the annual major orientations evaluating editorial projects

and scientific events and guaranteeing the quality and scientific integrity of the

content disseminated

The museum will devote a specif ic part of its budget to this policy with cross funding

subsidies from the Ministry of Higher Education and Research ANR scientific

sponsorship European funds coordinated by the Research Department of the Villa

Guimet The museum intends to actively contribute to the production circulation and

sharing of knowledge in a spirit of excellence openness and innovation This policy

is based on unrivalled heritage resources on the recognised competence

of its curators and on the dynamics of the Villa Guimet Through the richness

of its publications the high standards of its scientific events the conferences

for the general public which allow the dissemination of research news in a form

accessible to as many people as possible and the accessibility of its digital formats

the Musée Guimet intends to promote research on Asian arts to the most diverse

audiences in the years to come

International symposium as part of the “ Guimet China 2024 ” year : “ Exhibiting asian arts : new franco - chinese