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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
Édouard de Saint - Ours
Photographic collections
Édouard de Saint - Ours holds a PhD in Art History
( University of St Andrews ) and Contemporary History
( University of Le Havre Normandie ) and is a specialist
in nineteenth - century photography in Asia . His thesis ,
defended in 2024 , examines the role of photography
in the early years of French colonialism in Mainland
Southeast Asia ( 1845 - 1880 ) . He has also researched
the history of early color processes and the Franco -
British networks that promoted the development of
photography during the 1840s and 1850s .
Nicolas Engel
Afghanistan – Pakistan
Collection
Nicolas Engel holds a master ' s degree in Afghan
archaeology from the EHESS and has been curator of
the Afghanistan - Pakistan collections at the Musée
Guimet since 2022 . He was previously curator at the
Cernuschi Museum from 2003 to 2009 before serving
as Deputy Director of the French Archaeological
Delegation in Afghanistan ( DAFA ) from 2009 to 2013 ,
contributing to f ield missions and the preservation of
Afghan heritage . From 2014 to 2017 , he was the curator
of religious and civil artworks ( COATC ) for the City of
Paris , then museum advisor at the Regional Directorate
of Cultural Af fairs ( DRAC ) - Île - de - France from 2018 to
2021 . He was co - curator of the exhibition The Sasanian
Persians : The Splendor of a Forgotten Empire in 2006 ,
curator of the exhibition Luristan Bronzes : Enigmas of
Ancient Iran in 2008 , and most recently of Afghanistan :
Shadows and Legends at the Guimet Museum
( October 26 , 2022 – February 6 , 2023 ) . He also led the
publication of the eponymous book , highlighting
Afghan archaeological treasures and the challenges
related to their conservation while participating in
expert committees with UNESCO and the Aga Khan
Trust for Culture .
Hélène Gascuel
Textile and Chinese
Art Collections
Doctor in Art History from the Sorbonne University and
a specialist in the history of decorative arts and textile
craftsmanship in China Hélène Gascuel is now the
curator in charge of the Chinese textile and furniture
collections at the Guimet Museum She has led several
major exhibitions including Sublime Materials 5 000
Years of Creation in China in 2014 and Ming Gold
Splendor and Beauty of Imperial China 14th 17th
Century in 2024 Also active in academic research
she co - authored a study on a China Trade screen held
at the French National Archives , published in 2015 in
the journal Technè , and contributed to eight articles
published in Arts Asiatiques between 2017 and 2023 .
In 2023 , she defended her doctoral dissertation titled
“ Norm and Practice : Regulation of Clothing in Qing
Dynasty China ( 1644 – 1911 ) Based on the Huangchao
liqi tushi 皇朝禮器圖式 ( Illustrated Models of Imperial
Court Ritual Paraphernalia ) .
Lise Mész
Director of Villa Guimet
Lise Mész is currently a heritage curator and the
director of the Villa Guimet , international research
center for Asian arts at the Guimet Museum . As an
archaeologist , doctor in archaeology and specialist in
ancient Peru , she has participated in several
archaeological missions in France and abroad , and has
conducted excavations in Peru , Syria , and Bangladesh .
She has worked at the Direction for Heritage and
Architecture in the Ministry of Culture , the National
Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research , the
National Archives , and the Louvre Museum , where she
began conducting research on the history of non -
European art collections . At Paris Musées , she was
Deputy Director of Collections and Research for the
City of the 14 Paris museums . At the Musée du Quai
Branly - Jacques Chirac , she held the position of Advisor
to the President on the history of collections ,
responsible for researching the provenance of African
cultural property , and Deputy Director of Collections
and Heritage .
Amina Okada
Indian Collections
Amina Okada is General Curator of Heritage , in charge
of Indian arts at the Musée Guimet . Curator of numerous
exhibitions – including The Golden Age of Classical
India , The Gupta Empire ( Grand Palais , 2007 ) ) and From
the Great Mughals to the Maharajahs Jewels of the Al
Thani Collection Grand Palais 2017 she is also the
author of several books on the art and civilization of
India Ajantâ National Printing Of f ice 1991 The Great
Mughal and its Painters Miniaturists of India in the
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Flammarion
1992 Tâj Mahal Imprimerie Nationale 1993 A Jewel of
Mughal India the Mausoleum of I timâd ud Daulah 5
Continents Editions 2003 Hoysala Gods of India and
Celestial Beauties Imprimerie Nationale 2013 Painting
in India New Editions Scala 2016 Magical Animals in
Indian Painting Circonf lexe 2017 La Fontaine s Fables
in the Orients Orients Editions 2021 She was also the
scientif ic director of the 7 volume Râmâyana illustré par
les miniatures indiennes du XVI au XIX
e
siècle Éditions
Diane de Selliers 2011 Hirayama Prize of the Academy