Our mission
FRench American Museum Exchange (FRAME) is a consortium of 32 major museums in France and North America that promotes cultural exchange in the context of museum collaborations. FRAME fosters partnerships among its member museums to develop innovative exhibitions, educational and public programs, and professional exchanges among museum staff, and maintains a website to reach global audiences.
FRAME'S 20th Anniversary Video
FRAME continues to embody a true cultural alliance, despite the occasional political complexities between our countries, fostering the development of warm and mutually beneficial professional and working relations between FRAME member museums in France and in North America.
William Beekman
Co-President North America, FRAME
Anne-Solène Rolland
Coprésidente de FRAME, France
About Us
The FRench American Museum Exchange (FRAME) promotes cultural exchange in the context of museum collaborations between North American and French institutions. It is a vibrant bilateral organization founded in 1999 by Elizabeth Rohatyn and Françoise Cachin, and remains the only organization of its kind. The FRAME network began with 18 museums and has nearly doubled in size in the past two decades. Plans are actively underway to further expand this network, and broaden and deepen its impact.
Claude Monet, Water Lilies, ca. 1914-1917, oil on canvas, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Mildred Anne Williams Collection, 1973.3. Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Our Member Museums
Latest News
Museums Response to the Pandemic
How Bad Things are for Museums: Every major American art museum is sitting on assets that, from the outside, look enviable.
FRAME provides Emergency Grants to Museums in North America and France
ESSEX, CT / PARIS — The Board of Directors of the FRench American Museum Exchange (FRAME) unanimously agreed to establish an Emergency Grant Initiative to
FRAME Emergency Grant Cycle
Since mid-March 2020, as part of the global effort to fight the spread of COVID-19, FRAME museums have closed their doors to ensure the safety
Marguerite d’Aprile Quigley to lead FRAME in North America
(New York, NY) William B. Beekman, Co-President of the FRench American Museum Exchange (FRAME), has announced the appointment of Marguerite d’Aprile Quigley as the new
Tribute to Felix G. Rohatyn
Felix G. Rohatyn, a prominent figure in the world of finance and a former U.S. ambassador to France, passed away on Saturday December 14, 2019
FRAME 20th Anniversary Video
FRAME unveiled a video commemorating its 20th Anniversary at this year’s Annual Conference held at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
Contact us
You may contact FRAME in a number of ways.
- North America: 1.860.581.8609
- France: +33 (0)1 40 15 35 67
- info@framemuseums.org
- PO Box 5 Essex, CT 06426