Inventory

The curator in the “Inventory” specialization inventories, studies, introduces and helps protect heritage in all its forms: movable and immovable, rural and urban, civil and religious, industrial and scientific.

Présentation du service régional du patrimoine et de l'inventaire Séminaire des élèves conservateurs de la promo Hugo Pratt (2019) - Photo : INP / Patrick Dumeix

Le manoir de Kerscao, Commune de Locmaria-Plouzané - Photo : DR

The training program for curatorial students in the Inventory specialization is coordinated by Julie Faure, Chief Curator, Ile de France region, and involves heritage professionals.

Complementarity

A joint course with curatorial students in the archaeology and historic monuments specialties, and architects and town planners trained at the Ecole de Chaillot, also covers the restoration of historic monuments and archaeological studies, covering scientific issues, administrative procedures and the exercise of scientific and technical control.

A joint course with curatorial students in the historic monuments specialization covers the following topics:

field photography ;
history, maintenance, management and restoration of historic gardens ;
protection of historic monuments;
tools for protecting urban areas and landscapes;
historical monument archives and documentation;
ethics, doctrines and techniques for the restoration of historic monuments;
evolution of restoration doctrines ;
conservation-restoration issues and techniques for murals, stained glass, finishing work and organs;
management of liturgical treasures ;
management of in situ lapidary deposits: conservation, removal, storage, molding, copying, etc.

Last but not least, students attend classes on gardens (history, upkeep, management and restoration) as part of the Scientific, Technical and Natural Heritage specialization module.

Speciality work placements

The specialised training is supplemented by two work placements which place students in a professional situation so that they can carry out the tasks - design, supervision, project management - that will be entrusted to them as soon as they start work.

Specialised heritage internship - duration: 5 months

The aim of the internship is to prepare the student curator for his or her future role by working alongside the intern's supervisor to help him or her discover all aspects of the profession.

The trainee is also given a scientific project for which he or she is responsible and which must be delivered at the end of the course. This gives them the opportunity to experience the interaction between the scientific aspects of their job and their administrative responsibilities, while at the same time learning about the practical and human realities of their future role.

Internship abroad - duration: 6 weeks

This is an immersion course in a heritage institution in the trainee's field of specialisation.

The aim is to introduce trainees to working methods and approaches to heritage other than those used in their own country, and to encourage them to forge links with foreign curators who will be useful in their future careers, developing projects at an international level.

The choice of country for this work placement is made in consultation with the Inp's international relations department. Where appropriate, 2 of the 6 weeks take the form of a work placement on collections abroad, which the student carries out in the company of fellow students doing their work placement in the same country.