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French

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10.4000/ocim.4380

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10.4000/ocim.4380

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July-August 2021

Abstract

The disposal of the museum collections in question After two hundred days of closure, at least 1 200 museums open again. Barely open and prepared exhibitions in the meantime substantially renew the offer. But the lack of tourist customers will make it difficult to finance them. And if the collections were to become a key resource again? This OCIM letter number is the result of a targeted express order. It has recently been sent to a small number of contributors all chosen by the two coordinators of this specification to question the management and future of the collections. Cédric crémière, who led the Museum of Natural History of Le Havre, agreed to discuss the work of reflection on the heritage chain he had implemented on collections. Yves Winkin, known for his thoughts on the future of the museum, talked about the fate of collections that museums try to discard while trying to preserve their value. The paradox is that it is a matter of giving, while keeping things that are worn and expensive. In the same vein, Manon Six describes how the sorting of collections at the time of repackaging at the Brittany museum has led to a very considerable reduction in the number of items in the collections. Michel Van Praët, for his part, showed that the restitution of human remains did not give rise to debate and a meeting with the countries of origin. Serge Latouche, an economist and theorist of decay, to whom we shared published work in English on deaccessioning, summarises his ideas applied to the world of museums. Its public reactions on this issue were published for the first time. Vittorio Marchis, who had dented to discuss the relationship between heritage and the bin, 20 years ago in this review, highlighted the paradoxes of the digital alienation of industrial heritage. The examples he cites in Europe are far from convincing. Finally, we warmly thank Roger Boulay. This French ethnologist specialising in the melanesian world reproduces the considerable and remarkable field work he has carried out for many years to bring together and interpret the dispersed kanak heritage. These complex issues are now open. Readers to judge the complexity of the reflection and work that remains to be done in terms of future collections and their management or restitution of human remains and colonial heritage. Daniel Jacobi, Professor Emerite, Avignon University Ewa Maczek, Acting Director of OCIM

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