Guided tours of the Rmn-GP Moulding Workshop

Name: Visites commentées de l’Atelier de Moulage de la Rmn-GP
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Les ateliers d'art de la Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais

Samedi 17 septembre 2022, 10h00Passé

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01-49-46-25-66 atelier.moulage@rmngp.fr S'inscrire / Réserver: https://exploreparis.com/fr/

Discover the secrets of reproduction of the greatest masterpieces of sculpture available to museums, institutions and individuals.
Created in 1794, Moulage’s studio has continued to enrich its collections with works from the French and European collections to preserve and exploit today a collection of more than 6,000 models ranging from prehistory to the 20th century.
A discovery of these skills is proposed to you in the form of guided tours around our collections and our materials.

À propos du lieu

Les ateliers d'art de la Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais

1 impasse du Pilier 93217 Saint-Denis

Seine-Saint-Denis
Île-de-France

The Ateliers d'Art de la Réunion des musées nationaux — Grand Palais (Rmn-GP) brings together the Louvre’s moulding and chalcography workshops. Created within the Louvre, one year after the opening of the museum in 1794, the Atelier de Moulage was created to produce plaster reproductions to complement the museum’s collections and to feed the French fine arts schools. He later sold his productions to other institutions and individuals in France and abroad. Since its creation, the workshop has enriched its collections with works from the French and European collections to preserve and operate a collection of more than 6,000 models ranging from prehistory to the 20th century. Created in the same period, the chalcography workshop preserves 14,000 engraved copper plates deposited by the Louvre Museum. This collection created since Louis XIV and constantly enriched with new contemporary creations illustrates some of the greatest moments in the history of France and Europe by original engravi