Pasteur Museum: video of the collection review

The former apartment of Louis and Marie Pasteur in the Institut Pasteur's historical building will be undergoing extensive restoration work until 2027. A collection review, a key preliminary stage before the work gets under way, was completed from November 2022 to May 2023. We take a look back at the process in pictures.
 

November 2022. The transformation of the Pasteur Museum, inaugurated in 1936, begins. The former apartment of Louis and Marie Pasteur in the Institut Pasteur's historical building will undergo extensive restoration work until 2027. The first stage, which took place from November 2, 2022 until May 31, 2023, was a collection review.

The estimated 9,000 items in the collection were inventoried, photographed, surveyed* and digitized, before being transferred to storage.

*See also "Pasteur Museum: collection review before major refurbishment work"

Restorers came to help the museum team, as did collection management assistants from GRAHAL (Art, History, Architecture & Literature Research Group) specialized in cultural heritage management and enhancement.

Over the seven-month period, the heritage professionals worked together to complete this mammoth undertaking, a crucial preparatory stage in the transformation of the Pasteur Museum.

Join us for a look behind the scenes of the collection review, a key stage in the development of the Pasteur Museum.