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
Lowery Stokes Sims to speak at FRAME Virtual Fall Conference
Lowery Stokes Sims has agreed to be one of two keynote speakers at the FRAME Virtual Fall Conference on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 11:00 AM
FRAME Mourns the Passing of Its Founding Executive Director
FRAME Mourns the Passing of Its Founding Executive Director Dr. Richard R. Brettell, 71, the Founding Executive Director of FRAME (1999-2009), passed away on Friday,
Annual Conference of FRAME
The 2020 Annual Conference, originally scheduled for September 30 – October 2 in Marseille, has been canceled due to the Covid-19 health crisis and the uncertainty of international travel. Plans are being made for a series of virtual workshops this fall.
FRench American Museum Exchange Awards Emergency Grants to Six Museums
ESSEX, CT /PARIS – The FRench American Museum Exchange (FRAME) distributed $58,250. in grant funding to museums in its network to develop a series of
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
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