The chief architects of historical monuments

The Chief Architects of Historic Monuments (ACMH) is a specialized architectural corps attached to the Ministry of Culture.
The ACMH provide project management missions for the restoration of historic monuments owned by the State, as well as supervision, advice and expertise on protected heritage at the request of the State.

Consult the missions of the chief architects of historic monuments

Preparing for the 2023-2024 competition

It is recommended that candidates prepare for the competition tests prior to the opening of registrations from 8 January 2023.

The nature of the tests and the general organization of the competition are specified within theorder of 18 September 2014, amended (18 August 2021) and published in the Official Journal.

Find the information on the opening of the contest and the modalities of registration on the contest page

To help prepare for the competition, the Ministry of Culture (Directorate General of Heritage and Architecture – DGPA, Heritage Department), makes available to future candidates a number of documents and useful links for familiarization with the historical environment, regulatory and technical aspects of historic monuments.

Future candidates will be able to consult:

• The reference bibliography for the competition for access to the ACMH body;
• The pages of the site Monuments historiques & Sites patrimoniaux.
  In the resources are presented: the glossary of terms relating to interventions on historic monuments, annual reports, technical guides for project management (slate, stone, tile, stained glass, etc.), etc.
• The site of the Historical Monuments Research Laboratory (LRMH) to learn about current research and intervention protocols and recent publications of research in the field of conservation and restoration of historic monuments;
• The site of the Heritage and Photography Media Library to learn about the archives and resources relating to historic monuments since 1837;
• The site of the ACMH Company which presents the restoration projects
  («theses») supported in previous competitions and kept in the Heritage and Photography Media Library ;
• The site of the City of architecture and heritage (CAPA), which notably proposes to review many filmed courses and conferences;
  • The conference cycles proposed since 2006 by thechaillot school, entitled “ Public courses in history and architecture news » (www), devoted to a particular corpus of built space: built habitats and rural landscapes, the history of the city, industrial or non-built heritage, such as gardens, etc.
  • The series of conferences World history of architecture: an initiation » from 7 September 2022 to 28 June 2023. Resulting from a partnership between the Ecole du Louvre and the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine, a program of 37 lessons on the world history of architecture, with the best specialists, architects, curators, Academics, art historians to understand how humanity imagined architectural solutions to the evolutions of society.
• The site of the National Heritage Institute (INP) which makes available a digital media library and the replay of seminars and conferences:
  • The research seminar will: sustainable development and heritage “, 2021-2022;
  • The cycle of conferences dedicated to Notre-Dame de Paris “Understanding Notre-Dame-de-Paris. From the cathedral to the monument.”, proposed by theNational Heritage Institute and theNational Institute of Art History (INHA).

Find out about the ACMH recruitment competition

For all information about the competition, you can contact the contest organizer by email via the dedicated email address
(concours.ACMH@culture.gouv.fr) or by telephone (01 40 15 77 54).