6 Results for tag Collection
Documenting Museum Collections: some Hurdles
Documenting the Indigenous objects preserved in museum collections is a fascinating and exciting task. It can also be frustrating, when the…
Denis-Jacques Fayolle (2)
When the Count of Artois was constituting his Cabinet, his sons were living in the north wing of the Versailles Palace, where they shared their…
Denis-Jacques Fayolle (1)
The name of Denis-Jacques Fayolle is inseparable from the cabinet of curiosities which Charles-Philippe of Bourbon, the Count of Artois and…
The Royal Collections (3)
The Royal North American Collections of the musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac comprise more than 230 objects from today's Canada and the…
The Royal Collections (1)
The first French contacts with Native populations in North America date back to the sixteenth century, when whalers, mariners and merchants made…
The Royal Collections (2)
The French Revolution destroyed this system linking cabinets de curiosités and arts and science collections to the Crown, the aristocracy, and…
