Frequently Asked Questions Museums of France (6/8)

at least 6 weeks before the session date, according to the calendar posted on the DRAC website.

The members of the CSR express themselves on the suitability of the property with the scientific project of the museum as well as on its value, its condition or its authenticity.

The scientific officer of the museum concerned by the acquisition project or by his duly designated representative (it is therefore not an elected representative of the community, a representative of the Board of Directors in the case of an associative museum, or the seller or donor of the object).

The presentation, before the members of the CSR, of the object allows to judge its authenticity, its interest and its state.

Any lack of presentation of the works to the commission must be justified and argued. Quality images must compensate for this absence.

Opinions shall be advisory : if the result is reserved or unfavourable, the museum can nevertheless take the responsibility of listing it in the regulatory inventory but the reserved or unfavourable opinion of the CSR experts must also be indicated in the regulatory inventory.

In case of adverse opinion, no grants will be awarded by the State for acquisition (FRAM) or for subsequent preventive preservation or restoration.

Several cases of figures:

- the notice given is favourable, subject to certain clarifications by e-mail: the members are asked, in order to decide, by the Councillor for the Museums. This is not a referral to the PA but a written return from members who have already, collegially, reviewed and discussed this file at the CSR;

- or more information must be collected by the museum: the dossier will be presented at a future CSR.

Within one month of the committee meeting.

In the event of an unfavourable opinion from the CSRA, the legal entity responsible for the collections may request the opinion of the French Museum Service.

The appeal must be filed within 1 month of receipt of the opinion of the Regional Scientific Commission.

No.

The property can never be entered in the museum’s regulatory inventory unless presented in CSR for regularization. This procedure must nevertheless be justified and remain exceptional.

• the acquisition must reflect a reasoned use of public funds. It is necessary to properly measure the consequences for the museum, particularly in terms of acquisition costs and sustained induced costs.
  The same applies to free acquisitions, especially if the donor requests a tax receipt;
• if the purchase amount is deemed too high by the commission and the museum requests the assistance of FRAM, it will be calculated on the amount validated by the CSR and not on the amount of the actual purchase;
• not to buy too expensive also does not unbalance the national market;
• the requisition file submitted to the CSR must indicate whether the price was negotiated.

Like acquisitions, donations, legacies and donations will be integrated into the museum’s regulatory inventory and will therefore become inalienable, imprescriptible and elusive. Yet the acceptance of a liberality nevertheless entails a cost (of restoration, storage, preventive and curative conservation, etc.).

The draft act must be submitted to the CSR in order, in particular, to examine the clauses to which it could be attached.

The examination of tax receipt requests also draws the attention of experts.