Centre Me ́diterrane ́en de la Photographie, Bastia
Cedex
This Center was founded in 1990 as a foundation
falling under the cultural plan for Corsica estab-
lished early in the twentieth century. The Center
highlights not only Corsican photographers and
international photographers working in Corsica
but also photography of the Mediterranean area.
The collection holds more than 500 works by
approximately 80 photographers plus the archive
of the Corsican photographer Ange Tomasi, featur-
ing works from 1900 to 1950. Exhibition space con-
sists of three galleries of 350 square meters wherein
approximately 10 exhibitions are presented each
year. CMP also collaborates to mount exhibitions
at other cultural institutions in Corsica. The Center
is also responsible for two photo biennials, the Bien-
nale Photographique de Bastia and the Biennale
Photographique Bonifacio, and it publishesLe bul-
letin de Centre Me ́diterrane ́en de la Photographie.
http://www.cmp-corsica.com
Maison Europe ́enne de la Photographie, Paris
The museum opened in 1996 in the heart of Paris
in the historic Hoˆtel He ́nault de Cantobre with its
rapidly-growing collection concentrating on interna-
tional contemporary photography from the 1950s to
the present day. The museum’s Library Rome ́oMar-
tinez is built around the collection of the famous
editor ofCameramagazine, and holds more than
12,000 books covering the history of photography
from the end of the World War II to the present,
including a number of first editions as well as maga-
zines and essential research materials on the history
of photography. The Video Library features more
than 700 tapes showing the work of contemporary
photographers. The museum also features an audi-
torium and the Atelier de Restauration et de Con-
servation des Photographies de la Ville de Paris
(ARCP),foundedin1983tohelppreservethevar-
ious photographic collections and archives of the
City of Paris.
http://www.mep-fr.org
Centre National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges
Pompidou, Paris
In 1975, the Muse ́e national was transferred
under the authority of Centre Georges Pompidou,
the photography collections included. Today the
Centre National d’Art et de Culture houses more
than 13,000 prints (and many more negatives) of
the twentieth century with extraordinary examples
of famous photographers, especially early twenti-
eth century Man Ray, Dora Maar, Brassaı ̈, Flor-
ence Henri, Germaine Krull, Lucien Lorelle, Roger
Parry, Maurice Tabard, Hans Bellmer, Andre ́Ker-
te ́sz, La ́szlo ́Moholy-Nagy, and others, plus thou-
sands of photographs that document other artists
and their work including Constantin Brancusi,
Hans Arp, Pablo Picasso, and others. The museum
features a large photo-library.
http://www.cnac-gp.frMuse ́e Franc ̧ais de la Photographie, Bie`vres
The museum was founded in 1960 by the collec-
tors Jean and Andre ́Fage and opened in 1964. In
1974, the museum was reinstalled at its current site
in Bie`vres, which was renovated in 1998. The collec-
tion holds numerous historical cameras, and other
diverse photographic and technical equipment
shown in a permanent exhibition about the history
of photography from its invention to the present
day. The museum’s photo collection is mainly
focused on the nineteenth century, but twentieth
century photography and contemporary works are
also represented in the archive and shown in three to
four temporary exhibitions each year.
http://www.photographie.essonne.frMuse ́eRe ́attu, Arles
The museum was founded in 1868 with the photo-
collection begun in 1962 through the efforts of
Lucien Clergue and Jean-Maurice Rouquette. The
MR now holds more than 4,000 works of the highest
quality, many of them coming as donations from the
photographers themselves. Highlights include works
by masters of the 1920s and 1930s such as Edward
Weston, Germaine Krull, Franc ̧ois Kollar, Dora
Maar, and Man Ray. The festival Rencontres Inter-
nationales de la Photographie in Arles encouraged
other photographers and collectors to donate,
expanding the collection to include works by Ansel
Adams, Robert Doisneau, Lucien Clergue, Izis, Wil-
liam Klein, Jerry Uelsmann, Arthur Tress, Yousuf
Karsh, Cucchi White, Eva Rubinstein, and Keiji
Tahara. From 1985 on the collection of ‘‘photogra-
phie changerienne’’ and photography as part of con-
ceptual art was extended. Photo-objects of Pascal
Kern, Jochen Gerz, Mimmo Jodice, Alain Fleischer,
Jacqueline Salmon, and others came into the collec-
tion. The acquisition strategy now shows more
about the dialogue between photography and other
arts. The collection also features photographs of the
city of Arles. The museum keeps a changing perma-
nent photo exhibition and mounts two to four tem-
porary exhibitions each year.MUSEUMS: EUROPE