Centre for Conservation and Resources
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To preserve, study and enhance the collections
Welcome to the CCR, Mucem’s very own backstage, designed by the architects Corinne Vezzoni & Associates. Much more of a treasure chest than a bank vault and in marked contrast to those of traditional museums, the CCR is made up of four spaces that are open to the public: an objects viewing room, a lecture hall, a display space and the stocks of assets.
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To preserve, study and enhance the collections
Welcome to the CCR, Mucem’s very own backstage, designed by the architects Corinne Vezzoni & Associates. Much more of a treasure chest than a bank vault and in marked contrast to those of traditional museums, the CCR is made up of four spaces that are open to the public: an objects viewing room, a lecture hall, a display space and the stocks of assets.
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To preserve, study and enhance the collections
Welcome to the CCR, Mucem’s very own backstage, designed by the architects Corinne Vezzoni & Associates. Much more of a treasure chest than a bank vault and in marked contrast to those of traditional museums, the CCR is made up of four spaces that are open to the public: an objects viewing room, a lecture hall, a display space and the stocks of assets.
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To preserve, study and enhance the collections
Welcome to the CCR, Mucem’s very own backstage, designed by the architects Corinne Vezzoni & Associates. Much more of a treasure chest than a bank vault and in marked contrast to those of traditional museums, the CCR is made up of four spaces that are open to the public: an objects viewing room, a lecture hall, a display space and the stocks of assets.
Viewing objects
The CCR has a dedicated viewing room for objects from collections preserved by the Mucem. Upon prior request, objects can be made available for viewing by a steward, who is on hand to answer questions, advise around handling and offer redirections to relevant documentation.
Depending on the nature of the request, an appointment can also be arranged with a member of the museum conservation team.
Viewing documentary resources
The lecture hall of the Centre for Conservation and Resources (CCR) allows for access to Mucem’s archives, library and document assets.
—The archives of manuscript, print, iconographic, sound and audiovisual assets are valuable resources for the study of ethnology, rural and urban societies, oral literature and performance arts.
—The library, which specialises in ethnology and Human Sciences, is made up of over 150,000 books and magazines about France, Europe and the Mediterranean. Its collection of 17th and 18th century popular prints are its crown jewels.
—Other available items include reference and professional, themed, geographic documents linked to Mucem’s areas of scientific interest.
Apply for a loan and deposit of work
Loans and deposits from the Mucem's collections are part of the national museums' dynamic cooperation with cultural institutions throughout France and abroad. They are possible under certain conditions and subject to validation by the Museums of France department.
Visits to the temporary exhibition
The Mucem’s Centre for Conservation and Resources (CCR) also has at its disposal a dedicated space for atypical, experimental and innovative exhibitions, devised by curators, who have free reign to create new ways of viewing the museum’s collections.
- Textile know-how in the Mediterranean
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From Friday 16 December 2022 to Friday 30 June 2023
The exhibition "Textile know-how in the Mediterranean", conceived by the Mucem and Itinérance, highlights what heritage, both tangible and intangible, can contribute to contemporary creation. For this project, young designers from the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs (National School of Decorative Arts) confronted the Mucem's collections of Mediterranean ex-votos in order to create a textile collection as part of their training; while students from the Casa Moda school in Casablanca (Morocco) were inspired by objects and rituals linked to traditional wedding ceremonies. The exhibition continues its journey through the Mediterranean via Tunisia and Greece, following in the footsteps of ethnologists who have studied these textile skills and meeting the craftswomen who still practice them today, striving to keep them alive and pass them on.
Curators :
Raphaël Bories, heritage curator, head of the beliefs and religions section at Mucem
Caroline Perdrix, artistic director of ItinéranceProject co-created with Itinérance
Visiting Mucem’s stocks of assets: the show flat
The Centre for Conservation and Resources (CCR) also has its disposal an 800 m2 show flat, where a sample of Mucem’s preserved collections is displayed. They include different types of furniture, as well as a range of objects that vary according to material, origin, type, epoch and size.
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On-site visits Every first Tuesday of the month at 2pm, a guided tour takes place with a team member of the Centre for Conservation and Resources (CCR).
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Virtual visits Virtual visits of Mucem’s stocks of assets can also be made using Google Street View technology. Discover
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Practical information
Centre de conservation et de ressources
1, rue Clovis Hugues
13003 Marseille
—Telephone : 04 84 35 14 23 ou 20
—E-mail : reservationccr@mucem.org
Free entrance from Monday to Friday from 2pm until 5pm and on appointment from 9am until 12:30pm.
Please come with you ID card for your visit.
Exceptionally open for "la Nuit européenne des musées" and "les Journées européennes du patrimoine".
Getting here
| Bus | bus line 49 (bus stop Belle de Mai La Friche or Clovis Hugues) and bus line 52 (bus stop Archives municipales) |
| Metro | lines 1 and 2—station Gare St-Charles |
| Other access | Gare SNCF Marseille Saint-Charles—Main bus station Saint-Charles |
| Tramway | T2—stop Longchamp |
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