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The Future of the Museum in the twenty-first century: recent clues from France

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  • Xavier Greffe

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Krebs Anne

    (Musée du Louvre)

  • Sylvie Pflieger

    (CERLIS - UMR 8070 - Centre de recherche sur les liens sociaux - Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 - UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

The vast majority of public funded museums are suffering severe and continuous declining resources. But we can wonder whether the economic crisis explanation is the sole credible culprit or if the current situation reveals a more fundamental disequilibrium. The traditional tripartite basis of the museum – the collection itself, its educational function, and the professionalisation of competences – is increasingly destabilised, and an increasing number of museums are asked to become ‘cultural centres' and social capital producers. Considering the recent evolution of French museums, we describe three main economic models that can sometimes overlap. The ‘Branding Museum': in this case museums are increasingly looking for new kinds of income-generating activities, such as the merchandising of by-products, publication of written or audio-visual materials, research and consulting services offering, and more broadly, exploiting their intellectual property rights. The ‘Event-driven museum': such museums organise cultural events, exhibitions, concerts, conferences, and so on in the hope of attracting both faithful and new visitors, and thus remaining financially sustainable. The ‘Empowering local community museum': resource-poor in tourism and funding, such museums are seen at best as public spaces for local meetings and debates, or as hosting places for art events of purely local interest, on the increasing basis of voluntary work.

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  • Xavier Greffe & Krebs Anne & Sylvie Pflieger, 2017. "The Future of the Museum in the twenty-first century: recent clues from France," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-01516506, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:cesptp:halshs-01516506
    DOI: 10.1080/09647775.2017.1313126
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    Cited by:

    1. Yves Evrard & Anne Krebs, 2018. "The authenticity of the museum experience in the digital age: the case of the Louvre," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 42(3), pages 353-363, August.
    2. Janowska, Anna Anetta & Malik, Radosław, 2020. "Digitization in museums: Between a fashionable trend and market awareness," Studia z Polityki Publicznej / Public Policy Studies, Warsaw School of Economics, vol. 7(3), pages 1-15, October.
    3. Aniello Ferraro & Massimiliano Cerciello & Massimiliano Agovino & Antonio Garofalo, 2019. "The role of cultural consumption in reducing social exclusion: empirical evidence from Italy in a spatial framework," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 36(1), pages 139-166, April.

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