The Musée de la Romanité of Nîmes in the book “The art of conceiving and managing a museum”, by Claude Mollard and Laurent Le Bon

The book “L’Art de concevoir et gérer un musée” (The art of conceiving and managing a museum), written by Claude Mollard and Laurent Le Bon has just been published by Le Moniteur edition. The authors provide a complete overview of the museum institutions, from the concept to the concrete project management of the institution, through their rich experience, supporting their statements by many examples, definitions et recommendations from their professional background. Elizabeth de Portzamparc’s project for the Musée de la Romanité of Nîmes is mentioned in different chapters of the book, and its images illustrate the book, beside the images of other projects.

Targeting project managers, directors and curators of museums, local elected representatives and technical services of municipalities, as well as architects and programmers, this book offers a unique vision of two symbols of France’s cultural world.