The White Paper Museums of France

The publication of the White Paper Museums of France, written by the General Association of conservatives public collections in France, was an expected event in the museum world. The information appears to have been well publicized in the press, if one believes the many brief that were spent by the media.

The facts are simple. The museum world has apparently never been as popular, but those whose job was to manage them are fast disappearing. Crisis? Announced end of a profession, that of the Conservatives? An alarm signal is initiated by the Association, which fears that a large part of the body of the Conservatives, who will retire in the coming years, not be replaced.

The museum world is changing, if the largest establishments have little trouble to do, the smallest but also the ways museums are becoming harder to win. Temporary exhibitions and events, more and more numerous, they are unlikely not to exhaust the resources? And as for the latter, what will be their fate? The temptation among some to ogle on reservations in seeing a potential revenue source. The inalienability of collections, strongly reaffirmed by the profession, he will persist in the coming years?

CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS AND DENIAL OF THE POLICE OR THE FORCE OF THE TAKE

The police and gendarmerie are obliged to take complaints. Indeed, the law of 15 June 2000 strengthening the protection of the presumption of innocence and victims' rights introduced in particular the "single window" for filing a complaint with police. In addition, a circullaire of May 14, 2001 has specified that Article 15-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure requires the police to receive complaints from victims of crimes, including cases where complaints are filed in a service territorial jurisdiction, it is then required to forward them to the appropriate department. The circular states: "This is the imposition of a form of " single window "for filing a complaint, whose main purpose is to simplify procedures for victims, especially those with by common offenses such as theft. "Yet every day customers call me to tell me that the police refuse to take their complaint. Today I have personally had confirmation!

Museums paper

An exhibition held at the Musée du Louvre, 25 September 2010 to January 3, 2011, Sully wing, first floor room of the Chapel. Remarkably small exhibition presenting one of the devices developed from the seventeenth century to present human knowledge, Museums paper is a rare opportunity to see some wonderful works.

The Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo cartaceo, many drawings featured in the exhibition, opened in a way the principle of this specific device, presenting works by the image of antiquity, but also any other human creation and those of the nature (topic not addressed here). Such collections, including the publication continues to this day (sometimes anecdotal, such as The Museum Called Canada) moves in tandem with the first modern museums and offices - which already reflected the interest shown Quiccheberg for images in its Inscriptiones (1565).

The museum "hard" and regularly cotoie this specific company, as shown by the beautiful selection by the commissioner, museum catalogs (Maffei and Bottari and Visconti) and other collections from private collections.

An exhibition to see, if only for the sublime board Bianchini, model of the museum he designed - and virtual museum full, in that the said Bernard Deloche.

Amuse themselves to death

Neil Postman was published in the 1980s, a very fine article on museums from an analysis of EPCOT (which had applied for accreditation with the American Association of Museums). The book has just been reissued in Nova editions, this year, appeared for the first time in 1985. Excellent article, written in the tradition of McLuhan - the medium is the message or the medium is the metaphor - but with the consequences of this principle so certainly more pessimistic than the Canadian visionary.

The text has not aged a day, written with verve biting, detailing the effects of television culture on the reasoning and political discourse. Where one likes to read in the nineteenth century, election debates between Lincoln and Douglas lasted nearly seven hours ...

Key Concepts of Museology

Mouthing before the publication of the Dictionary ofMuseology, this booklet identifies 21 key concepts of themuseum: museum, museum, exhibition design, communication, preservation, management, etc.. Thedictionary, due out in May 2011, will feature over 500 pages.Published jointly by Armand Colin and ICOM, this booklet wasdistributed at the 22nd General Conference of ICOM. Thisproject is old and has been implemented by the ICOM International Committee for Museology-ICOFOM since 1993. The booklet is available for sale, but can be downloaded from the site of ICOM. It is available in four languages ​​(English, French, Spanish and Mandarin), and already severalmuseum curators from different countries expressed their wish to translate.

Child of exiles

Someone said in a humorous tone (think Ann Coulter, in a magnificent "We are all bigots now!", "We are all bigots now") that no one would take his candidacy for the vice-presidency, unless it is found than in the past was cat burglar. And whenever he can, Rubio insists that owes everything to be a child of exiles, who lost everything by historical accident and had to start from scratch, which considers that the embargo is a useful tool, which wants to Cuba the same freedoms that have allowed him "to Fulfill the American dream." Such is the enthusiasm (founded) with its star, in his "entourage" has declared cautiously: I look for Senator to Washington. But, perhaps comes into the federal capital, is already on Sunday in Jerusalem. "So soon after the election." Naturally, it is a political move of great lucidity, without strict regard to the convictions and peaked. And to make a difference for Barack Hussein Obama.

"Do not give the Nobel (Vargas Llosa)! Is a right!"

Evening came, Marquis ... Johan Norberg tells how the Swedish cultural elite realized that he had been an error in the vote, knowing that the 2010 literature winner was Mario Vargas Llosa. Well, READ the article, which I think is worthwhile. Ulrike literary criticism both Miles and many others, lamented the fact that Vargas Llosa was not socialist but, horror!, horror!, vade retro!, a neoliberal. well Norberg says: "The political direction of Mario Vargas Llosa apparently should have disqualified from any consideration for the award. He is, after all, a classical liberal in the tradition of John Locke and Adam Smith. "

Republican Scott Brown

"They can not say they were not warned. The polls showed independents starting to turn away from Obama since the spring of 2009. In the summer, there were strong expressions of resistance to the health plan of the Democrats. In November 2009, Democrats won largely in Virginia and New Jersey, two states Obama had won the previous year. Within months, opposition to the law of health care reform helps the Republican Scott Brown to win the seat that Ted Kennedy had taken for decades.

People could be easily confused

Democrats had plenty of time to change course. On the contrary, decided that people could be easily confused. The weak economy and previous Democratic victories meant that Republicans could do well in this election, especially in the House. But it was the obstinacy of the Democrats who turned defeat into a fiasco. The Republicans took control of the House, defeated Liberals heavyweights as Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, and collected laws of government and state. The House will now have more Republicans than in any year from 40.

Qualified as extremist and racist

The Tea Partiers have much to be proud. Qualified as extremist and racist, they succeeded in forming a coalition that won the most votes, and, incidentally, I chose a record number of non-white Republicans. (The countries will now have two governors Indian-Americans, both conservative Republicans.) Like any political movement, especially a new one, the Tea Party made mistakes. But saw the opportunity to change the direction of the country and had the strength to do so. The Tea Partiers were necessary to elect several new conservative stars like Marco Rubio, Pat Tomey and Ron Johnson. (All three come from states that supported Obama.) Many of those who followed the election of Obama envisioned a Republican retreat southward, act now as if they expected these results all the time. Pass to warn of the disaster the Republicans next time. And certainly there are objections and warnings that the Republicans need to hear, but not today, on our part.

Early popularity

The Republicans deserve some credit for its success. The early popularity of the president does not prevent them from opposing the stimulus plan, and rejected the arguments surface to cooperate with Democrats to expand government control in the health system. In short, they refused to be acquiescent in his widely foretold extinction.