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
Jean-Luc Martinez named Keynote Speaker at the FRAME 2023 Annual Conference
Jean-Luc Martinez is a French archaeologist and art historian specializing in ancient Greek sculpture. A graduate of the École du Louvre and agrégé in history at
French Sculpture in America, a data base and now a book
The following article was reproduced with permission of the author, Laure de Gramont. Laure de Margerie is a long distance runner. For the past twenty
2023 Annual Conference – October 4 – 6, Houston
FRAME will host the 2023 Annual Conference on October 4 – 6 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The Plenary Session will feature Adrian Ellis,
Spring Planning Conference
FRAME will host a Planning Conference in Giverny from Tuesday, May 2 through Thursday, May 4, 2023. The FRAME Planning Conference is an opportunity for
Please Touch. Art and Matter exhibition travels to Lille
The Please Touch: Art and Matter is on view at the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille through February 27, 2023. This innovative tactile exhibition is
French Ministry of Culture Commissions New Art Trafficking Report
The French Minister of Culture Rima Abdul-Malak commissioned a special report in June that states its museums must improve their acquisitions policies. Christian Giacomotto, Marie-Christine
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