Digital Access in French Museums
July 3 2020
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Here is an interesting article explaining the current situation of the opening up of digital collections in Museums in France. It highlights how slow museums have been in organising proposals to meet the French government's 2018 'Museums of the 21st Century' Mission.
The mission had included specific requests to:
“formulate proposals, respectful of copyright, regarding free access to images from major museums in connection with the RMN-GP [official organization for the national museums of France]."
The article is penned by Pierre-Yves Beaudouin of Wikimédia France. Naturally, this organisation promotes the notion that digital images should be opened up as much as possible and made accessible on large platforms like Wikipedia.
