Réunion des Musées Nationaux
French cultural umbrella organisation
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The Réunion des musées nationaux et du Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées (French pronunciation: [ʁeynjɔ̃ de myze nɑsjɔno e dy ɡʁɑ̃ palɛ de ʃɑ̃z‿elize]; abbr. Rmn-GP) is a French cultural umbrella organisation, an établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (EPIC), formed in 2011, through the merger of the Paris National Museums and the Grand Palais.[1]
Its genesis came about in 1896, under the leadership of the French statesmen Raymond Poincaré and Georges Leygues,[2] with the aim of purchasing works of art for national collections. The institution has three current directives: the welcoming of the public, the organizing of temporary exhibitions, and the holding of exhibitions and its permanent collections.
On 1 January 2011 the Réunion des Musées Nationaux merged with the public establishment of the Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, which had been created in 2007. The new public institution is now governed by decree no 2011-52 of 13 January 2011.[3]
The Rmn-GP is responsible for 34 national museums. Two statutes exist for these national museums; most are also public institutions with legal and financial autonomy. The others are services with national jurisdiction (SCN), attached to the Museums Department of France (SMF).
