FRAME and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes are co-organizing Study Days on ​Universal Accessibility in Museums in France and North America​. The event will be held on December 9 and 10, 2025, at the Museum of Fine Arts in Rennes (Brittany) on site or remotely. Museum and culture professionals, disability and inclusion specialists, students, passionate about culture and inclusion:​ these days are for you!

• Registration is now open : https://urls.fr/DcdNXy (select your language in the form)
• Teaser Universal Accessibility in Museums in France and North America

A platform of discussion at a transatlantic level

The study days​ offer a platform of discussion to establish a dialogue between France, Quebec​ and the United States,​ via testimonials, panel discussions, and diverse experiences from the field​ in a comparative and collaborative approach.​ The​ goal is to broaden perspectives and better consider the place of visitors with disabilities, while reflecting on the diversity of audiences within museums.

• Program in English
• Program in French

The result of a long-term approach

This event is the result of the traveling exhibition ​L’Art et la Matière​, ​an initiative from the Musée Fabre in Montpellier in partnership with the Musée du Louvre​, in 2016.  Based on a multisensory approach to sculpture, ​this exhibition was imagined and designed in dialogue with visually impaired people. After touring several museums in the South-East France, this tactile gallery evolved within other museums in the FRAME network in Lyon, Rouen, Lille, Bordeaux, and Nantes under the title Prière de toucher! [Please Do Touch!] before reaching its final stop at the Museum of Fine Arts in Rennes from November 2024 to April 2025.

​Practical Information

The first day of discussions will be ​f​ocused on the ​impact of L’Art et la Matière. Prière de toucher, before opening conversations ​about universal accessibility, on the second day.

Study Days will be accessible on site or remotely. An URL will be shared on registration two weeks before the event.

​December 9-10, 2025, 9 :00am-6:30pm (Paris)

Auditorium of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France – 20, quai Emile Zola, 35000 Rennes – France

This presentation is available in French on the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Rennes website.

For more information, please contact: journees.accessibilite@framemuseums.org

​T​his event is made possible thanks to the generous support of the French Ministry of Culture and Institut français.