Consultation of museum collections

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Consultation of museum collections

How to make a consultation request

  • If you work in collaboration with the quai Branly - Jacques Chirac museum’s staff (curator), you should make a request through their department.
  • If you would like to carry out research on the quai Branly - Jacques Chirac museum’s collections (researcher, doctoral student, artists, communities, etc.), before submitting your consultation request to the registration unit, we encourage you to make use of all the resources for finding out about the collections offered by the quai Branly - Jacques Chirac museum, in particular the scientific documentation (collections available online) and the library services - including the museum documentation and archives service. This preliminary research is essential in order to find out the inventory number and name of each artefact you wish to consult. Once this preliminary research is concluded, you should contact the head of the department responsible for your subject area (Americas, Pacific, Asia, Africa, Middle-East, Photographic collections, Contemporary History), who will deal with your consultation request.

All requests for consultation must be justified by the consultant. The collection managers will decide whether the request is consistent with the museum's collections. Consultation requests must be sent at least three months before the desired consultation date.

  • Please describe the subject of your research, the title of the dissertation, the context and give all details you deem necessary in order to explain why you have decided to make a direct study of the quai Branly - Jacques Chirac museum’s collection. Do not hesitate to attach a detailed note of intent and curriculum, as well as a letter from the research supervisor. (cf. link)

In order to follow up to requests in the best possible conditions, the following conditions apply:

  • The consultation area is open from Tuesday to Thursday, from 10am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm.
  • Maximum number of works consulted: 20/25 works per day of consultation
  • Maximum number of consultation days: 3 consecutive days for a total of 40/45 objects

Consultation schedule: the Collections Management Department reserves the right to set consultation dates different from those requested, based on the space, schedule and the availability of the requested artefacts.

  • A scientific note must be sent by the consultant either to the MQB referent or to the secretariat of the Heritage and Collections Department within 15 days after the consultation. Any derogation is at the discretion of the Heritage and Collections Department and the Collections Management Unit.

Access by communities of origin:

Consultation procedures

List of objects requested

  • If you have selected more than three objects, you will be asked to create a TMS basket with the list of desired objects.
  • In the case of an external request, you will need to specify the inventory number and name of each of the objects you wish to examine, after carrying out prior documentary research. The head of the Heritage Unit responsible for processing your request will provide you with all the information you need at this stage.

List of objects requested

Transmission and response

Transmission and response

Requests should be sent (in French or English) to the following address: museotheque(at)quaibranly.fr

You will receive an answer by email as soon as possible after the consultation request has been examined.

If you wish to take photographs during this consultation, please enclose a request for permission to do so with your consultation request. No photographs taken in this context may be distributed or used for commercial purposes.

Please note: Only final approval by the Director of Heritage and Collections will consolidate the consultation schedule. It is important that applicants wait for this confirmation before making any binding arrangements (booking plane or train tickets, making hotel reservations, etc.).

Transmission and response

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