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A painting in search of light

As a loyal and recognised museum sponsor, BNP Paribas Foundation seeks to preserve and to help increase the awareness of museums’ treasures by supporting the restoration of their masterpieces through its “BNP Paribas for Art” program. [...]

Restoration at the Quimper Museum of Fine Arts

After having published the album on the permanent collections at the Quimper Museum of Fine Arts in 1993, the BNP Paribas Foundation has just signed a patronage agreement covering the restoration of a set of early Italian paintings that are kept at the museum.

Founded in 1864 to receive the exceptional collection of paintings bequeathed by [...]

The Scientific Earth-Ocean expedition: What are they looking for?

La Boudeuse recently arrived at the ports of French Guiana for the start of their Amazon River expedition… Follow the scientific expedition on their website: http://la-boudeuse.org/en/. Now in English!

Meanwhile in Paris, France, several lectures will be held at the National Maritime Museum on the theme of the Earth-Ocean mission of La Boudeuse.  The first lecture [...]

“Turkey in France Season”

A supporter of the “Turkey in France Season”, BNP Paribas strives to promote Turkish culture in France, and to encourage co-operation programmes between cultural and artistic institutions. There are two dates to remember in October…
Find out more about the “Turkey in France Season”
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Conservation and return of rare beadwork to Peranakan Museum

The sponsorship by BNP Paribas Singapore Branch and BNP Paribas Foundation is the first of its kind for the National Heritage Board. One of the Peranakan Museum’s star artefacts will make its return to the museum today. The rare beadwork tablecloth – which is one of the world’s largest and finest examples of Peranakan beadwork [...]

Manuscripts Don’t Burn

For almost a year now, Ukrsibbank, BNP Paribas subsidiary in Ukraine, supports the house of the internationally acclaimed writer Mikhail Bulgakov.
The author of the world classic “The Master and Margarita” once wrote that “manuscripts don’t burn”, a phrase has been prophetic for his world fame and for the ceaseless love of readers. It also holds [...]

A touch tour of the Byzantine and Christian Museum

The Byzantine and Christian museum in Athens is now accessible to vision impaired people, thanks to the financial support of BNP Paribas Greece. But what does it really feel like to visit a museum, if one is deprived of sight? We can only begin to understand the world of vision impaired [...]

Vision impaired people can now access a museum in Athens

BNP Paribas in Greece participated in the creation of a special program, designed to assist vision impaired people to visit the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens. First of its kind in Greece, the initiative provides a tactile tour for the permanent collections of the museum.  The visitors are given the opportunity to  perceive the [...]

Paintings restoration in Museum van Loon in Amsterdam

The BNP Paribas Foundation and BNP Paribas The Netherlands support financially the restoration of 18th century panels painted by Juriaan Andriessen at Museum Van Loon in Amsterdam. In 1976 six wall paintings by Jurriaan Andriessen have been installed in the historical canalhouse, now the Museum van Loon in Amsterdam. The panels were originally made for [...]