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Arnaud Bertrand
Ancient China
and Korea Collection
Archaeologist and sinologist , Arnaud Bertrand holds a
doctorate in history and sinology from the École
Pratique des Hautes Études . An in - house researcher in
the " Archaeology of Central Asia " team of the ArScAn
laboratory , and a member of CREOPS , he has
participated in French archaeological missions in
Uzbekistan , then in China with the Dunhuang Academy ,
where he worked for many years on the history of
ancient fortif ications . His research always articulates
the dialogue between civilizations , through a
meticulous study of works of art placed in their context
of creation , by bringing them closer to texts , and other
vestiges of the past . He was executive director of the
French Association of Friends of the Orient ( 2014 -
2023 ) , then head of cultural programming for the Asian
Spring ( 2022 - 2024 ) . In 2021 , he co - founded the Asia
Collections Network – Europe , the first European
network that maps Asian collections in Europe , and
networks specialists . He is also an author for the
Youtube channel " Nota Bene " , and a scientif ic advisor
for historical documentaries on China . He has been
teaching at the Institut Catholique de Paris since 2018 ,
and has been directing the Asia specialty course at the
École du Louvre since 2024 , giving the very f irst course
dedicated to the civilizations of Korea . Since
September 2023 , he has been curator of the Ancient
China and Korea departments at the Musée Guimet .
In 2024 , he co - curated the exhibitions Golden Ming
and Tang China : A Cosmopolitan Dynasty ( 618 – 907
AD ) . In 2026 , he is preparing two exhibitions dedicated
to Korea .
Evelise Bruneau
Southeast Asia Collection
A graduate of the École du Louvre in Art History , the
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations
Orientales ( Inalco ) in Khmer language and
International Studies , and the University of Paris 1
Panthéon Sorbonne in Archaeology Evelise Bruneau
has developed an in depth knowledge in the cultures
of Southeast Asia She has dedicated much of her
career to this region notably by heading a branch of
the French Cultural Center in Cambodia serving as an
advisor to a museum in Thailand and participating in
archaeological missions in Cambodia and Indonesia
In France she has taken part in numerous preventive
archaeology missions and held various positions
at the École française d Extrême Orient EFEO
She has been the Curator of the Southeast Asia
collections at the Musée Guimet since July 1 2025
Cristina Cramerotti
Library
A graduate of Inalco and EHESS , a researcher
specialising in Asian cultures and arts , Cristina
Cramerotti holds the position of library curator at the
Musée Guimet . Her work focuses in particular on
intercultural networks related to museum libraries , with
a particular emphasis on exchanges between Asia and
the West . She has published several notable works ,
including French - Burmese Dictionary , co - authored
with Denise Bernot and Yin Yin Myint , Characters of
Asia : Treasures of the Library , Vagabond Investigations :
Émile Guimet ' s Illustrated Journey to Asia , co - authored
with Pierre Baptiste .
Cécile Dazord
Contemporary Art
Collection
Cécile Dazord is an associate professor of classics
( 1994 ) and a graduate of the National Heritage Institute
( 2000 ) . After a replacement at the Musée de Vallauris
( 2000 ) , she was in charge of contemporary art at the
Musée d ' art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg
( 2001 - 2005 ) . In 2006 , she joined the Research
Department of the Centre for Research and Restoration
of the Museums of France ( C2RMF ) where she
developed a program of studies and research on
conservation issues specif ic to contemporary art and
more specif ically on the phenomena of technological
obsolescence . From 2019 to 2023 , she resides in
Buenos Aires , Argentina where she collaborates with
the ex - ESMA museum and memory site ( formerly the
School of Naval Of f icers , a former detention and torture
center during the dictatorship of 1976 to 1983 ) . Since
September 2024 , she has been in charge of
contemporary art at the Musée Guimet .
Claire Déléry
Chinese Ceramics
Collections
laire Déléry is a Doctor of History and heritage curator
in charge of Chinese ceramics at the Musée Guimet
She also has a degree in the f ield of laboratory analysis
of art objects She has curated several exhibitions on
Chinese ceramics at the Musée Guimet and has
collaborated with Huei chung Tsao on the project of
exhaustive study of Chinese porcelain in the Santos
Palace in Lisbon
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