Qatar Museums, French Culture Ministry enhance cultural cooperation

Doha: Qatar Museums and the French Republic s Ministry of Culture signed a number of framework agreements aiming to solidify ties between both countri...

Doha: Qatar Museums and the French Republic's Ministry of Culture signed a number of framework agreements aiming to solidify ties between both countries' cultural institutions.

HE Chairperson of Qatar Museums, Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Thani, and HE Minister of Culture of the French Republic, Rachida Dati, signed a framework agreement between Qatar Museums and the French Ministry of Culture, defining a collaborative partnership for professional training in the cultural sector, which may involve institutions such as Femis, Manufactures nationales, the Institut national du Patrimoine, and the new Qatar Preparatory School.

A framework agreement was signed between Qatar Museums and the Etablissement public des musees d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie - Valerie Giscard d'Estaing, enabling collaboration on research projects, joint exhibition projects, and academic and educational projects. It could also involve the mutual loan of artworks, reciprocal training programs, and collaboration on the level of the institutions' scientific boards.

Qatar Museums also signed a framework agreement with the Musee Guimet, paving the way for collaboration between the two cultural institutions on research, conservation, and educational projects dedicated to Asian arts. Mutual loans of artworks may also be proposed within the framework of this partnership, as well as joint exhibition projects, educational activities and residency programs.