Board of Directors

The Board of Directors determines the Institut’s strategy in terms of its activity, organisation and operations.

In addition to the Chairman, the Board of Directors comprises :

Seven ex officio members:

  • The General Delegate for Transmission, Territories and Cultural Democracy at the Ministry of Culture or their representative;
  • The Director General of Heritage and Architecture or their representative;
  • The Director General of Artistic Creation or their representative;
  • The President of the Centre National de la Fonction Publique Territoriale [National Centre for Local Authority Civil Servants] or their representative;
  • The Head of the Interministerial Department of the Archives de France or their representative;
  • The Head of the Museums of France Service or their representative;
  • The Head of the Heritage Department or their representative;
  • Six French or foreign personalities appointed by the Minister of Culture, including a specialist in heritage restoration, a graduate of the Institut de Formation des Restaurateurs d'Œuvres d'Art or the Institut National du Patrimoine;

Six elected members:

  • A representative of the Heritage Curators and General Heritage Curator [Conservateur Général du Patrimoine];
  • A representative of trainee curators and student local heritage curators;
  • A representative of student conservators-restorers;
  • Three representatives of the institution's permanent staff and teaching staff, including one teacher from each department.
  • Two former students of the Institut National du Patrimoine appointed by the Minister for Culture;
  • A former student heritage curator nominated by the alumni association of student heritage curators;
  • A former student conservator-restorer nominated by the alumni association of student conservators-restorers.
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Les élèves conservateurs en cours - Photo : INP

Diploma in heritage curation

Each year, the Institut national du p atrimoine offers international heritage professionals the opportunity to apply to join the training

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Professionalization

La créatrice de vitraux Flavie Vincent-Petit - Photo : DR

PhD by the project

At doctoral level, the Institut national du patrimoine is a member of the EUR Humanités, Création et Patrimoine, which is

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Research

Le laboratoire - Photo : Chloé Bernard / INP

The research laboratory

The Laboratory of the department of conservators-restorers is a research unit recognised by the Ministry of Higher Education and reporting