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
CHRISTELLE CREFF
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
Highlights from the 2022 Annual Conference
After more than three years of separation, FRAME members were pleased to reunite in-person in Marseille. The 2022 Annual Conference was attended by 25 members
Pap Ndiaye named Keynote Speaker at the 2022 Annual Conference
Pap Ndiaye, Ph.D., a historian, specializing in the social history of the United States with a focus on its minorities, will be one of two keynote
András Szántó named Keynote Speaker at FRAME 2022 Annual Conference
András Szántó Ph.D. (b. 1964), will be one of two keynote speakers at the 2022 FRAME Annual Conference on Wednesday, May 18 in Marseille. Szántó
FRAME 2022 Annual Conference – May 18-20, 2022
FRAME will host the 2022 Annual Conference on May 18- 20, 2022 in Marseille. The theme of this year’s conference is “Re-Imagining Our Future.” The
Educators Conference
FRAME will host a virtual Educators Conference on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST. The two-hour conference will begin with an
FRAMEwork webinar: How to Build and Grow Museum Experiences for Visitors with Autism
On Thursday, May 20 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time, FRAME-network museum educators from Dallas, Lille, and Montreal will share the result of their multi-year collaboration which
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