Galerie Colbert

The Colbert Gallery is a Parisian covered passage located in the 2nd District, accessible at no 6, Petits-Champs street and no 2, Vivienne street. Built in the year 1826 to compete with the gallery of Vivienne, close to the later, the Colbert Gallery never had much success. After the renovation in the 1980s, it was purchased by the national library of France then devolved to the national Institute of art history (INHA) and has been home for many institutions related to the history of art and cultural heritage. The Colbert Gallery is open to the public who is invited to discover the beautiful Rotunda surmounted by a glass cupola. The brasserie "The great Colbert," modern decorated Art, often used for cinema is located at the entrance to the gallery.

History

The Origin of the Name

It bears this name due to the vicinity of the former Colbert hotel, previously Bautru hotel.

Berlioz at the Colbert Gallery [edit: modify the code]

On the 29^th of July 1830, Berlioz strikes up the Marseillaise in an arrangement with him from one of the windows of the gallery. The crowd piled up in the gallery took over the choir and the musicians fainted.

The Sheltered Institutions

The Colbert Gallery houses headquarters:

• The national Institute of art history
• The national heritage Institute
• The André Chastel Center
• The French Committee for the history of Art
• The Association of archaeology professors and universities history of Art (APAHAU)

The Colbert Gallery also hosts the research laboratories and doctoral schools related to the history of art and cultural heritage of several universities and the schools of the Île-de-France:

• University of Paris-Sorbonne
• University of Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
• New – Paris 3 Sorbonne University
• University of Paris X Nanterre
• EHESS
• Institutions attached to the national Centre of scientific research

Activities

Exhibitions

Designed by INHA researchers and their teams, several free exhibitions were presented each year in the Roberto Longhi room of the Colbert Gallery. Closely linked to the research programs, they are designed to enhance the funds of the library and Documentation (the party books, collections of ornaments...), to present research on a particular theme or to celebrate a great figure in the history of art (André Chastel, Pierre Francastel, Louis Hautecoeur, Louis Marin...).

source https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galerie_Colbert