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Brands
The first step consists in respecting and enhancing the identity and the brand strategy of the partner site. Each brand is unique. Positioning occurred over time according to the history of the site, its geographical location, collections and exhibitions, attractions, visitors’ profiles, carried values and event dynamics.
We make sure each gift shop has an architectural design and an assortment of products consistent with the identity of the site. The challenge for a gift shop is to achieve the alchemy between the content of the site and the sales performance.
For each partner we implement an e-commerce website, outside the walls distribution, brand licences (licencing) and co-branding operations.
These developments enable to increase the site reputation and generate multichannel additional revenue.
Store Design
A museum or tourist site bookshop - gift shop is first and foremost an atmosphere evoking the collections, the architecture and the values of the site where it is located.
The visual and sensory perception is fundamental to make the visitor feel like going inside, for his time in the gift shop to be a successful experience in the continuity of his visit and for the offer to be irresistible.
Arteum developed the know-how to design a place, its shop windows, its zones, its furniture, the customer itinerary and the structuring of the offer in space.
We take care to best define the specifications that will be left with the architect. Arteum systematically combines the choice of the best architects and designers to retail expertise for the design of each gift shop.
Visual Merchandising
Merchandising enables to stage products in the shop windows and gift shops in order to provoke the purchase act and thereby improve the conversion rate.
There are multiple missions: establish product presentation standards within merchandising books, take care to comply with the graphic charter of the site, assist and train the field actors (merchandisers, sales assistants) in the setting up of the products, with an objective to reconcile aesthetics and sales efficiency.
Numerous techniques are put in place, be it for the shop windows or placement plans: event tables, warm areas and cold areas, reading levels, facings, multi-placements, massification, theatrics, colour blocking, POP, labels, promotions, till products, etc. The objective is to be eye catching for the visitor and provoke impulsive purchasing.
Sourcing & producing products
Assortments are made from selected products (sourcing) and products produced in the colours of the site and exhibition brand (producing).
Our teams keep a constant close watch over our suppliers, trade shows and competition, in France and internationally. Different categories of products are defined according to sites, uses and visitors’ profiles: books, art and exceptional objects, children, fashion, stationery, souvenirs, gifts, etc. The construction and the renewal of ranges, the definition of themes and the creation of products with the site brands, in greatly varied universes, constitute a key know-how of Arteum.
Our contemporary approach and knowledge of the gift and souvenir markets over the last ten years allow us to create an exclusive and creative assortment, accessible to all types of clients. The ranges are systematically approved by the partner sites.
Arteum internalised the entire production chain of products: design with internal or external designers, manufacturing with referenced and specialised suppliers, management of licence fees, preferential selection of French designers and manufacturers to enhance the know-how of our heritage, and finally compliance with an eco-friendly approach.
From rare object to unusual souvenir, discovering the assortment must be a cultural enrichment and an enjoyment for visitors, with the same attractiveness as for the visit.
Book & media
The bookshop holds a central place in each of our gift shops. Books bring cultural, scientific and historical content that enriches and extends the visit experience.
We take care of showcasing the own editions of museums, particularly exhibition catalogues. Our expert booksellers carry out the selection of publications, CDs and DVDs and are on constant lookout for novelties and specialised editions. The objective is to reach out to a public of researchers seeking rare books, the general public, adults and young people. Arteum is very concerned about the reference characteristic of its bookshops, their event dynamics with author meetings and dedication sessions, to assist each of its partners in their knowledge transmission mission.
HR & operations
The gift shop sales teams, the headquarters and our service providers carry out the necessary operations to manage a point of sale.
The first mission consists in recruiting, training and motivating the sales teams. With the help of temporary staff, we manage the very high seasonality linked to exhibitions and the highlights of the year. The second mission is linked to stock management: provisional management, anticipation of stock-outs, restocking with suppliers, reception on point of sale, control of invoices, temporary storage, placements, dealing with returns and inventories.
Finally, we ensure the upkeep and the maintenance of furniture, lighting, technical equipment and management information systems.
We install our retail, equipment, software and network solutions, and ensure maintenance and support to overcome technical problems. We monthly deliver to sites the key sales information: monthly turnover, daily turnover, turnover per product families, average ticket, bests, conversion rate, per cap, etc. This information is analysed with the site teams to adapt and improve the offer and the services brought to customers.
Activities & events
Arteum manages the bookshop gift shops as living areas, at the pace of events organised there, dedication sessions, meetings with creators, activity organisers, demonstrators, inaugurations, pop-ups and product launches, providing as many opportunities to reinforce links with customers around discoveries and moments of conviviality.
Each event is relayed by newsletters and social networks and can be an opportunity for a specific communication in the press.
Customer service
Retail is a trade of products but also and above all a trade of services.
Our sales teams are central in our organisation and ensure multiple services: welcome of customers, often foreign, information on products, personalised advice, activities, checkout, gift wraps, deliveries, duty-free slips, management of returns, after sales service, customer retention, etc.
Members of the sales teams speak several languages and regularly benefit from trainings on products, publications and collections of sites in order to bring the best service to each type of customer base. We pay great attention to children to whom we bring special care.
Within our sales teams we favour internal promotion and mobility between sites to develop synergies. The Arteum approach is first of all centred on improving visitors’ satisfaction rate.
Digital & communication
Arteum suggests partner sites adhere to a multi-channel policy. The challenge is to set up a digital plan allowing sites to communicate with visitors before, during and after their visit. For each of its partners, Arteum creates an E-SHOP in white label, directly linked to the partner website and relayed on the Arteum marketplace, thus generating additional revenue. A digital communication is carried out in order to promote exhibitions, new products and events, to create customer loyalty and catch new targets.
Arteum set up a loyalty programme (sending newsletters, personalised offers and private sales) in order to establish a privileged relationship with the gift shop, as a place of reference.
Arteum entrusted the press relations to Agence 14 septembre, specialised in the field of the art of living: design, art trades, architecture, gastronomy, hotels, tourism…
For each of its partners, Arteum sets up a press communication and a social networks plan in order to develop the identity and the reputation of its gift shops.
Licence agent & out of walls distribution
As licence agent, Arteum supports the right holders in the following domains: Definition of the brand platform and the deployment strategy, in France as well as abroad. Construction of the brand image. Industrial licence and co-branding. Distribution of products under licence in France and abroad.
Arteum offers right holders access to a powerful and international distribution network.
Arteum developed a network of licence holders and wholesale distribution of 300 points of sale in 20 countries.
In order to develop its BtoB sales and its licence holder portfolio, Arteum takes part in the main international trade shows (Maison et Objets in Paris, 100% Design in London, etc.) and relies on its network of own corners and pop-up shops like at BHV Marais and Galeries Lafayette Haussmann.
The out of walls sales strategies developed for each site enable to increase brand influence and generate additional revenue.
BOOKSHOPS GIFT SHOPS
Museums
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Musée Carnavalet
Musée de l’Armée – Invalides
107Rivoli, Musée des Arts Décoratifs - Paris Bookshop-Gift shop
Limited editions of contemporary artists’ work, reissues of iconic design pieces, rare books, modern creations… The MAD bookshop - gift shop also known as the 107RIVOLI, place of a thousand wonders, reference in Paris for decorative arts, design and fashion. Spread over 300 m², mixing heritage and modernity, beauty and utility, spectacular and accessible, the gift shop constantly renews its offer in permanent connexion with what is happening in the museum and the major Parisian events such as the Design Week and the Fashion Week. As for the bookshop, it is a source of inspiration, an essential place for fans of fashion, decoration and design. A breeding ground for young French and European creation, the MAD bookshop - gift shop offers contemporary objects with both ancestral or innovative know-how, celebrating the finesse and elegance of French-style creations. Its decoration was entrusted to Mathilde Brétillot. She turned it into a welcoming place to finish the museum visit on a high note. Arteum organises numerous events, meetings, dedication sessions and brand launches there. The 107RIVOLI was awarded the 1st Prize of Design 2014 by the French Institute of Design, the Prize for the most beautiful museum gift shops by the Design Museum in 2014 and by the New York Times in 2015.
Metro L1et L7 : Palais Royal Musée du Louvre
Open everyday from 11 a.m. to 18:30 p.m. Closed on monday
Closed on Mondays as well as on the following holidays: January 1, May 1 and December 25.
Contact
E-mail:
boutique107rivoli@arteum.com
Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris Bookshop-Gift shop
The Musée Carnavalet bookshop - gift shop offers visitors small parts of Paris of all eras. Cufflinks, kit for trimming the perfect moustache, ceremonial jewellery, absinthe set, all products on offer come exclusively from French companies, mostly Parisian. Designed as a delightful setting by the designers and scenographers Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman, nested inside the listed building, the bookshop - gift shop echoes the museum. Finding inspiration from its collections and activities, a range of exclusive objects is presented to you: embroidered tote bags, pieces of porcelain, miniatures… It’s the art of life in Paris that you will find here, its little stories. Suspended from the shop ceiling, a sublime model of Paris made of 8,000 gold and silver strips give the place its strength and originality: a visual experience not to be missed.
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Mondays and holidays
Metro : Saint-Paul
The Carnavalet museum and its shop are currently closed for renovations.
Musée de l'Armée – Hôtel des Invalides - Paris Bookshop-Gift shop
Military engineering at the service of everyday life: this is what the Musée de l'Armée bookshop - gift shop invites you to discover: foldable bag, mini cameras, multifunction cutlery, outdoor kit, military-inspired lifestyle. An unusual and amusing proposal. The site pays tribute to great men and their armies, particularly Napoleon. You will find reproductions of sabres and costumes from the Napoleon army as well as a range of varied products inspired by Bonaparte and his treasures. In a constant concern to highlight craftsmanship and contribute to perpetuating a unique know-how, Arteum created several collections linked to the musée de l’Armée: jewellery designed according to the techniques of military ceremonial embroidery, magnets in chiselled metal reviving the magnificence of the goldsmith’s work carried out on the armours. The bookshop section offers an extraordinary selection of books relating to the museum collections and military history and is a reference in the field. Located within the Hôtel National des Invalides, with a counter in the heart of the Dome, the Bookshop-Gift shop regularly organises events and dedication sessions.
Open from October 1 to March 31: every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from April 1 to October 31: every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Entrance on the Place Vauban side.
Metro : Invalides
Contact
E-mail:
Invalides@arteum.com
Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
Musée Matisse Nice
Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano
Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac Paris Bookshop-Gift shop
Enter a dreamlike and mysterious world. Designed by Réza Azard (Atelier Projectiles) in 2016, the quai Branly bookshop - gift shop is a magnificent layered architecture 300 m² horizontal space, extension of the museum imagined by Jean Nouvel. Its ceiling is decorated with an Aboriginal painting, fascinating work of art that immediately immerses the visitor in a contemplative atmosphere. Its selection is unique from countries of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas: antique collection objects (Chinese theatre headdresses), contemporary handcrafted objects created observing family and ancestral traditions (calavera, Bamileke heads). Whether an expert or just curious, let yourself be carried away by the magic of these objects. Each of them tells a story…while adhering to a line of ethical trade and a logic of transmission. In addition, the bookshop - gift shop offers a wide choice of books. You can find wonderful tales for the young as well as rare and specialised anthropological narratives. Spellbinding.
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
except Thursday until 10 p.m.
and open Mondays during school holidays.
Contact
E-mail:
Quai.Branly@arteum.com
© Succession H. Matisse pour les œuvres de l’artiste / Photo : François Fernandez
© Photo : Ville de Nice, P. V.
Musée Matisse Bookshop-Gift shop
Find here a gift shop bearing the colours of Matisse and the French Riviera. Dedicated to the artist, the musée Matisse bookshop- gift shop benefits from an exceptional location within the Villa des Arènes on the heights of Nice. An ideal situation to discover the many objects, reproductions of posters, postcards, stationery, fashion accessories, all inspired by the museum collections and its temporary exhibitions, unique in the world. An offer designed to meet everyone’s expectations, French and international, occasional visitors and fans of Henri Matisse’s work. The bookshop section offers a selection of quality books, monographs, catalogues, international publications about Matisse and modern painters. As for the youth section, it emphasises the desire to become an artist: notebooks, pens, pencils, paintbrushes, paint… The territory is given a place of honour in the gift shop with a selection of creations from the region as well as delicatessen products such as those from the famous Confiserie Florian in the old town of Nice. A sweet treat Matisse would not have refused.
Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano Bookshop-Gift shop
A unique gift shop for a unique work of art. Timeless, iconic, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” is one of the most famous paintings in the world. It was created between 1495 and 1497 for the refectory of the Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, where it can still be admired. Arteum was chosen with its Italian partner Giunti to manage the gift shop of this exceptional museum. The work of art is available in its entirety or in detail on a multitude of supports: stole, stationery, ceramics, tableware... Everyone can leave with a souvenir of their visit, a small piece of “The Last Supper”.
Monuments and tourist sites
Tour Eiffel
Opéra de Paris – Palais Garnier
Opéra de Paris – Bastille
Opéra national de Paris – Palais Garnier Bookshop-Gift shop
Are you transported by opera? Does dance make you dream? The dream continues at the Opéra national de Paris bookshop - gift shop. Objects based on French know-how, big night headdresses to play the ballerina or the diva, ceremonial tutus, accessories and jewellery made by designers, the gift shop is intended for all dance and music lovers. Those of you who practise classical dancing will find a bun kit, a dance bag, a special hairbrush, French branded tutus. Contemporary dance also finds its place with inspired sportswear (large sweat shirts, crop tops) bearing the Opéra de Paris logo. Popular with fans and collectors, the gift shop offers a very complete range of ballet DVDs, opera CDs, beautiful books and many great quality products for the young. Finally, decoration and tableware are highlighted in eminently modern collections that celebrate the beauty and history of the Palais Garnier, inseparable from a certain French art of living.
Open every day from 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. as well as during evening shows, depending on the schedule.
Free entry to the store
Contact
E-mail:
opera.garnier@arteum.com
Tour Eiffel Bookshop-Gift shop
Visit one of the new bookshops - gift shops of the Eiffel Tower and you will no longer see it in the same way. In February 2019, LxA (Lagardère Travel Retail x Arteum) acquired the concession of the Tower gift shops and initiated a series of work to modernise them. Now, no less than eight retail areas mark out your visit. Each time, the experience is different, the Eiffel Tower is enhanced in an original manner. At the Kiosque on the forecourt you prepare your visit thanks to guides and youth kits. Or you finish it with exclusive souvenirs: mini reproductions, embroidered sweat shirts… On the 1st floor you have access to the best of French creation (tableware, perfume, beautiful books), to treat yourself or someone with a nice gift in the spirit of Paris. On the 2nd floor, you find objects inspired by everything that constitutes the Tower, rivets, paint, lace, metal. A third gift shop offers items in the shape of the Eiffel Tower: eraser, cake tin, jewellery… Souvenir of a visit, historical gift, rare or unusual product… All the objects tell the story of the Eiffel Tower and even more: it is now possible to leave with… a piece of the Tower: one if its twinkling light bulbs, recovered and assembled, numbered. Unique.
5 Avenue Anatole France - 75007
Open daily,
from June 14 to August 31 from 9 a.m. to 12:45 a.m.,
the rest of the year from 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.
Free entry on the forecourt
Opéra Bastille Bookshop-Gift shop
Reflection of the excellence and creativity of the Opéra national de Paris, the Opéra Bastille bookshop- gift shop honours entertainment. It is a bookshop of experts with a very specialised offer, proposing a large number of books on ballet, music and opera. A selection of CDs and DVDs completes these publications in music and images providing a live, historical and educational perspective. The youth area allows the young public to get acquainted with these such delicate arts that are opera and ballet via documentaries, albums and fun activity books.
A mix of heritage and audacity, the Opéra Bastille inspired a very urban and graphic collection of objects (textile, tableware, accessories, stationery) in line with the modernity of the site.
Contact
E-mail:
Opera.bastille@arteum.com
Catacombes de Paris
Jardins de Versailles
© EPV / Didier Saulnier
Jardins de Versailles Bookshop-Gift shop
Would you like to learn how to grow your own garden as André Le Nôtre did? Creating a vegetable garden that competes with the King’s? Set up in a magnificent stone and terracotta tile building where the smell of fresh flowers hangs in the air, the Jardins de Versailles gift shop offers you an extremely diverse and qualitative selection of seeds, plants and specialised books (gardening, herbalism). You will find decorative items for house or garden, delicatessen products around the benefit of plants (honey, herbal tea, sweets), coloured and refined tableware, an extraordinary youth section (gardening and outdoor games) as well as reminders of the art of living in Versailles and the great figures who lived there, without forgetting a collection of products inspired by the history of Versailles gardens, location of all the plots. When summer weather returns, entertainment events and workshops are proposed on the gift shop terrace. A magical place.
Metro L1et L7 : Palais Royal Musée du Louvre
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:15 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Free access via the Park, at the queen's gate, a place called Little Venice - near the restaurant La Petite Venise.
Catacombes de Paris Bookshop-Gift shop
Punctuated with shapes inspired by bones, the Catacombes de Paris bookshop - gift shop was designed as a place of reference on the symbolic universe of death. Very bright, the area contrasts with the obscurity of the catacombs and offers an instructive as well as fun experience. The bookshop - gift shop offers a selection of books intended for amateurs keen on catacombs history and more generally for all those in search of a bit of a thrill. Difficult to resist the temptation to treat yourself to an exclusive and quirky souvenir. All you need to do is choose between an object in the shape of a skull or a bone (sweets, candles, spoons and frying pans, pencils and erasers, toys, jewellery) and a skull and crossbones accessory (T-shirts, sweat shirts, caps, bandanas)…
Open every day except Monday from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Contact
E-mail:
catacombes@arteum.com
Sciences, zoos, aquariums
Cité des sciences et de l’industrie
Palais de la découverte
Parc zoologique de Paris
Cité des sciences et de l’industrie Bookshop-Gift shop
Inaugurated by Arteum in 2016, the bookshop gift shop of the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie was entirely rethought on a 400m² area, in collaboration with the architecture agency Versions and the scenography company Les Crayons. Dedicated to the universe of sciences, the new concept developed by Arteum proposes an eco-friendly, didactic, accessible and innovative offer to make all types of public like sciences. A place of sharing, experiences and discoveries, prolongation of visit and destination, the bookshop gift shop of the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie has regained its place of reference and its role of prescriber of “intelligent” products.
Echoing the Universcience exhibitions and current events of scientific discoveries, many events, product launches, dedication sessions, contests enliven this bookshop gift shop like a true living space.
Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Closed on Mondays as well as on the following holidays: January 1, May 1 and December 25.
Contact
E-mail:
csi@arteum.com
Palais de la Découverte Bookshop-Gift shop
The bookshop-gift shop of the Palais de la Découverte is located within the Grand Palais in a museum space dedicated to sciences. An Arteum concession since 2016, the bookshop-gift shop proposes an eco-friendly, didactic, accessible and innovative offer to make all types of public like sciences. A place of sharing, experiences and discoveries, prolongation of visit and destination, the bookshop gift shop of the Palais de la Découverte is a place of reference and a prescriber for “intelligent” products.
Echoing the Universcience exhibitions and current events of scientific discoveries, events and dedication sessions are often organised there.
Open Tuesday to Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday and public holidays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Closed on Mondays as well as the following public holidays: January 1, May 1 and December 25.
The Palais de la Découverte and the shop are currently closed for renovations.
Parc zoologique de Paris Gift shop
The gift shop was created in 2014 when the Paris zoological park was reopened. Located at the entrance and the exit of the visit itinerary, the gift shop proposes a large offer around the biotopes and the animals of the Park. Spread out on a 500m² surface area, the offer is aimed at all targets, children and adults, combining a fun, educational, topical and eco-friendly approach to raise awareness on the beauty and preservation of species. Exclusive collections are regularly developed in imitation of the animals of the Park and of the collections of the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle to which it is attached. Many events and activities are organised there to give rhythm to the life of the gift shop according to the current events of the Park.
From May 1 to August 31: 9:30 am - 8:30 pm every day - Nocturnes on Thursdays in June and July
From September 1 to April 30: 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. on weekdays and 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. weekends, school holidays in all areas and public holidays
Contact
E-mail:
Pzp@arteum.com
Cinema, Department stores
mk2 Quai de Loire
mk2 Bibliothèque
Corners and Pop Up Store Arteum
Are you looking for a gift for a moviegoer? The mk2 Quai de Loire bookshop offers a wide selection of books on cinema, but also on Paris, photography, art in general, a corner dedicated to young people and the latest literary releases. And, what has become rare, you will find a very wide range of DVDs, to discover or rediscover the pleasure of a film at home.
Local bookshop set up on the banks of the Canal Saint-Martin, the place is ideal to take a break during a family outing.
7 quai de la Loire - 75019 Paris
Contact
E-mail:
mk2loire@arteum.com
The immense and luminous Mk2 Bibliothèque gift shop offers you a stroll in creative effervescence: a concept-store dedicated to cinema and its art of living. With books, DVDs, vintage books, posters, stationery, articles inspired by cinema (badges, miniatures), objects found in cult films (cutlery in 2001, Space Odyssey), decoration, fashion, beauty, delicatessen, tech department, the offer favours the cinema but also graphic novels and more generally, creation. Moviegoers will be able to make their own small cinema room at home: cushions, blankets, popcorn machine, speakers, furniture... For budding filmmakers, there is also a selection of customised products: cameras, shadow puppets, screenwriting kits. And for families, transgenerational games around the history of cinema.
A real place of inspiration, the Mk2 Bibliothèque shop offers you the best of location scouting.
128 avenue de France - 75013 Paris
Contact
E-mail:
mk2Biblio@arteum.com
The vocation of Arteum is sharing beauty and making art accessible as many people as possible. Everyday objects, gifts dedicated to art, design articles, each product is filled with meaning, like the artist it is inspired from. Lithography limited editions (Soledad, Castelbajac), reproductions of Pompon the white bear, Mondrian mugs, Eames miniature chairs… The publications and selections of artists’ products are presented through a distribution network in France and abroad. In Paris, Arteum has opened two corners, one at BHV/Marais and the other at the Galeries Lafayette Haussmann. The offer is also on sale on the online gift shop arteum.com.
Online storeTemporary exhibitions
Christian Louboutin l’Exhibition[niste]
Imagine Picasso
Christian Louboutin the Exhibition[niste] Bookshop-Gift shop
A little piece of the madly inventive spirit of Christian Louboutin, creator of the famous red-soled shoes and a key figure in the world of fashion: this is what you’ll find at the gift shop dedicated to him on the occasion of his retrospective exhibition at the Palais de la Porte Dorée.
Christian Louboutin's eclectic universe is nourished by art, travel, pop culture and music hall. Designed by Arteum in close collaboration with its teams, the collection of exclusive objects and accessories on sale in the gift shop and the online shop is directly inspired by the pieces that mark the exhibition route: porcelain plates, pouches, scarves, shoe sketch postcards, snow globes, limited edition stilettos under a bell cover... Unusual, fanciful, extravagant, glamorous, soooo Louboutin.
Bookshop-Gift shop
Picasso reinvented. A world premiere, the immersive exhibition “Imagine Picasso” offers visitors the opportunity to walk through giant images and thus rediscover more than 200 Picasso paintings. An immersion in the heart of the works to explore the details. Arteum accompanies this adventure created by Annabelle Mauger and Julien Baron in collaboration with the architect Rudy Ricciotti and the art historian Androula Michael. Inaugurated at the Sucrière de Lyon in October 2019, the exhibition will soon reach out to new spectators in Europe and around the world. For the accompanying gift shop, specific products have been developed in partnership with the Picasso Foundation. A very large choice of articles is offered to visitors, providing exclusive souvenirs of an unforgettable experience.
Partners
Tour Eiffel
Erected in 2 years, 2 months and 5 days for the 1889 universal exhibition, the Eiffel tower is celebrating its 130 years in 2019. Today a true emblem of France, unmissable symbol and monument of the city of Paris, the Eiffel tower is one of the most visited sites in the world. It offers an exceptional journey upward, a unique experience during which the visitor is filled with emotions.
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Opéra national de Paris – Palais Garnier et Opéra Bastille
Celebrating its 350th anniversary in 2019, the Paris national Opera is a prestigious institution open to visitors from all walks of life. Created under the impulsion of Louis the 14th, the Opera is at the time the spearhead of lyric art in France. Now regrouping the sites of Bastille and the Palais Garnier, the Opera charms, fascinates and has acquired world renown. With 669,000 visitors and a record number of visitors and audience members in 2017, the Palais Garnier is the tenth most visited Parisian monument.
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Musée de l'Armée Invalides
Created in 1905 by the fusion of the musée d’Artillerie and the musée historique de l’Armée, the musée de l’Armée is a French national military museum located within a building with a military vocation, the Hôtel national des Invalides, that gives the musée de l’Armée its exceptional character. It is the first military history museum of France and one of the very first in the world.
The visit of the museum cannot be dissociated from the Invalides church that houses the tomb of Napoleon, built at the end of the 17th century by Jules Hardouin-Mansart.
After three years of operation, the musée de l’Armée is pleased to have selected Arteum for the running of its gift shop. Beyond the important increase of the royalties paid, the bookshop-gift shop is now a place that is associated with all the events and fully contributes to the standing of the establishment.
Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris
The musée Carnavalet, dedicated to the history of Paris and its inhabitants, keeps collections that illustrate the evolution of the city from prehistoric times to the present day. It displays in a hundred or so rooms a vast choice of works of art, souvenirs and models showing the aspect of the capital at various times and evoking its daily and intellectual life. The Carnavalet museum is part of Paris Musées, Public Establishment of the City of Paris museums.
Official website
Paris Musée entrusted to Arteum, first of all the bookshop-gift shop of the musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris, and recently the management of the Paris Catacombs bookshop-gift shop. Arteum demonstrated its capacity to revitalise a bookshop-gift shop in a heritage location as well as adapting to a touristic place such as the Catacombs.
They show flexibility and listening skills from the negotiation phase to the set up and management.
Catacombes de Paris
True labyrinth in the heart of underground Paris, the Catacombs were created in the galleries of ancient quarries, the stones of which were used for the construction of the capital. 20 metres below ground, the ossuary gathers the remains of several million Parisians, transferred between the end of the 18th century and the middle of the 19th century, in the course of cemeteries closing because of insalubrity – the first was the cemetery of the Innocents in 1785. Along tangled obscure galleries, the visitor discovers a staging of death with bones arranged in a romantic-macabre decor. This original site reproduces the history of Parisians in a moving manner and takes the visitor on an out of time journey.
Official website
Paris Musée entrusted to Arteum, first of all the bookshop-gift shop of the musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris, and recently the management of the Paris Catacombs bookshop-gift shop. Arteum demonstrated its capacity to revitalise a bookshop-gift shop in a heritage location as well as adapting to a touristic place such as the Catacombs.
They show flexibility and listening skills from the negotiation phase to the set up and management.
Cité des sciences et de l’industrie
Established in the heart of the multicultural park of la Villette in Paris, the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie is a Universcience place that constitutes, since its creation in 1986, a true link between sciences, society and technologies. The ambition of Universcience, that regroups the Palais de la découverte and the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, is to get to know and like the sciences of today and also promote the scientific and technical culture.
Official websiteThe gift shops of the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie and the Palais de la Découverte offer fine selections for children and adults. Certain to find intelligent objects that help to grow up, I gladly make a stop there. I always find a new or amazing product, especially since the gift shops function to the rhythm of temporary exhibitions.
Palais de la Découverte
The objective of the Palais de la découverte is to make science, its methods, its results accessible to all thanks to a set of interactive experiences and spectacular demonstrations. It endeavours to present and demonstrate science as it is lived, as it is made. In 1937, as part of the International Exhibition “Arts and Techniques in modern life”, the Palais de la découverte was assigned 25,000 m2, i.e. the west half of the Grand Palais. The ambition of Universcience, that regroups the Palais de la découverte and the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, is for people to get to know and like the sciences of today and also promote the scientific and technical culture.
Official websiteThe gift shops of the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie and the Palais de la Découverte offer fine selections for children and adults. Certain to find intelligent objects that help to grow up, I gladly make a stop there. I always find a new or amazing product, especially since the gift shops function to the rhythm of temporary exhibitions.
Parc zoologique de Paris
The Paris zoological park is part of the 12 sites belonging to the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, genuine place of research and diffusion of knowledge. A new concept, an entirely reviewed visit itinerary, best level structures to welcome two thousand animals ensuring optimal conditions for their welfare. The emblematic Grand Rocher still stands over the park but now overlooks landscapes recreating the original biotopes of animals, favouring a total immersion of visitors. Designed as a journey at the heart of biodiversity, the spectacular itinerary crosses five regions of the world.
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Upon the reopening of the Parc zoologique de Paris, emblematic place dear to the heart of the French, the Muséum
National d’Histoire Naturelle, institution to which the zoo belongs, was looking for a dynamic private partner understanding perfectly the world of zoos and museums. Partner for the last four years, Arteum has been able to understand the specific challenges of the reopening, integrate the constraints of a public establishment. It positioned itself right from the beginning as a close partner, paying close attention to the expectations of the Muséum, being reactive facing requests and perfectly integrated with regards to the field teams.
Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
Under the impulsion of Jacques Chirac in 2006, the quai Branly museum - Jacques Chirac opened its doors in the heart of Paris. Born out of his meeting with collector Jacques Kerchache, it is the outcome of an older dream, supported by a number of authors, critics and anthropologists from the 20th century: restore their rightful place to non-Western arts and civilisations within national museums. To serve this ambition, the architect Jean Nouvel signed a bold edifice, thought out as a setting to conserve a heritage of near 300,000 works.
Official websiteTen years after the opening of the musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, the museum selected the Arteum offer that was able to propose a project combining an intelligent architecture in harmony with the museum building and a selection of books and objects, both rich and specialised. Arteum has been bringing this place to life with talent and professionalism, in dynamics in perfect synergy with the programme and the strategy of the museum. I am glad that the bookshop gift shop found its place of reference on the territory of tribal art, both for researchers and the general public.
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Located in Paris in the Palais du Louvre, the MAD is the conservatory of the genius of craftsmen and artists. The collection of the MAD, one of the most important in the world, presents, from the Middle Ages to the present day, an unequalled overview of the history of furniture, glass, ceramics, silverware, jewellery, design, textile and fashion, graphic design and advertising. A selection of objects, near 6,000 pieces, among which a number of works of art, is spread out on 6,000 m². In 2017, the museum welcomed more than 780,000 visitors.
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Arteum demonstrates great professionalism and its capacity to undertake a development project with ambition, similar to the one it is leading at Decorative Arts as part of its double concession gift shop and bookshop.
Each of us recognises the uniqueness of product choices it offers to visitors and amateurs, for our part, in the field of the art and design trades. It has a great capacity to attract a much larger customer base due to the selection it offers. We have excellent relationships with all its teams.
mk2
Emblem of the world auteur cinema, mk2 is a family company founded in 1974 by Marin Karmitz and today run by his sons Nathanaël and Elisha Karmitz.
mk2 supports quality cinematography in living and discovery places. The company was built around three trades: production, distribution and licencing of cinemas. Punctuated by the political and cultural commitment of its founder Marin Karmitz, whose initials it bears, mk2's identity is characterised by the desire to give a voice to those who do not have one, to defend a singular vision of the world and to create a model of cultural alternative that is unique in the world.
With 26 cinemas in Paris and Spain, mk2 is the first art house circuit in France, and Cinesur the first network in Andalusia. Designed as living places, its cinemas in France have included meeting and consumption areas for more than forty years: restaurants, bars and shops. The mk2 cinema network in France and Spain welcomes nearly 10 million spectators every year.
Domaine du Château de Versailles
The Château de Versailles, the origins of which date back to the 17th century, was successively a hunting lodge, a place for the exercise of power and, from the 19th century, a museum.
The estate of Versailles, that extends over 800 hectares, is one of the first sites that was listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1979 for its influence on the development of architecture and landscape design, for its unique testimony, but also for its representation of a masterpiece of human creative genius and a period in History and History of art. Today it participates in the Unesco World Heritage Journeys initiative.
Famous worldwide, the estate has a very strong power of attraction for visitors from all geographical origins and is therefore part of the ten most visited sites in the world.
Musée Matisse
Inaugurated in 1963 on the first floor of the Villa des Arènes, located on the archaeological site of Cimiez, the Matisse Museum preserves the donation of the artist and his heirs to the City of Nice. In 1989, the archaeology museum was moved to a dedicated building initiating a redesign of the museum. The architect Jean-François Bodin revamped the indoor areas of the former Genoese villa and designed an extension that houses a vast reception area, an auditorium and a bookshop - gift shop. The complex was inaugurated in 1993.
Labelled “Musée de France”, the Matisse Museum covers a total surface area of 2,800 m², including 1,200 m² of exhibition space divided between the villa and the extension. In 2013, the ceramics of La Piscine, donated by Claude and Barbara Duthuit, were placed in a dedicated room near the reception area.
The Matisse museum is part of the vast heritage complex of the Cimiez site, which includes the Roman arena and site, a garden planted with hundred-year-old olive trees, and the Cimiez Monastery.
© Photo : Ville de Nice, P. V.
Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano
In the heart of Milan, Leonardo's Last Supper is located in the original dining room of the former Dominican convent belonging to the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, and more precisely in the convent refectory.
The Last Supper is a huge mural painting, 4.60 m high and 8.80 m wide, made with tempera and oil on a plaster preparation instead of the fresco technique commonly used back then.
Numerous preventive measures were taken to protect the fresco from deterioration. To ensure the fresco is maintained at room temperature, access to visitors has been limited to groups of no more than 25 people every 15 minutes.
An unmissable visit for everyone visiting Milan.
Encore Productions
Having presented the greatest Anglo-Saxon artists (Bob Marley, The Police, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Supertramp, Neil Young, Sting...), Pascal Bernardin created Encore Productions in 1987 to diversify into family shows (Disney on Ice, Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, Mamma Mia, the Dinosaur Walk...).
Encore Productions has been presenting major international exhibitions in France and Europe since 2009 (Titanic, Tutankhamun, Jurassic World, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter...). Encore Productions also organised the NTM meeting in Bercy in autumn 2008 and the 5 concerts of the Vieilles Canailles in Bercy in 2014. Since 2015, Encore Productions has joined the Fimalac group and manages a varied artistic catalogue: Hugues Aufray, Chica Vampiro, The Illusionists, Mamma Mia, the Dinosaur Walk, Soy Luna, Tini, Violetta...
The Imagine Picasso exhibition is organised in partnership with the Picasso Foundation.
Christian Louboutin The Exhibitionnist
Nourishing his love of art and applied arts from a very young age, the designer has always cited the Palais de la Porte Dorée as one of his first influences. And it is here, in this place which is dear to him and which saw the birth of his vocation, that the largest exhibition ever consecrated to the work and imagination of the creator is presented. Designed as an invitation to plunge into his prolific universe, Christian Louboutin: L'Exhibition [niste] explores all the aspects of his work with its multiple references.
A wide selection of shoes is presented, some of which have never been exhibited before. These historic and artistic pieces are shown alongside numerous exclusive collaborations which pay tribute to Christian Louboutin's attachment to craftsmen’s know-how, such as stained-glass panels created by the Maison du Vitrail, a Sevillian silver palanquin or a cabaret sculpted in Bhutan.
Curator of the exhibition: Olivier Gabet, Director of the Museum of Decorative Arts.
From the 16th of June 2020 to the 3rd of January 2021, Palais de la Porte Dorée