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For cultural histories and timelines, see General Resources: France and History: France. For literary texts, see Literature: France.
General Resources
French Ministry of Culture and Communication.
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (http://www.culture.gouv.fr)
Links include information on the ministry, its minister, agenda, policies, reports, publications, events, exhibits, and other practical information. Includes portal site for French culture. Culture.fr
(French Ministry of Culture) (http://www.culture.fr) In French; individual links may have multilingual access.
French Authors' Rights and Royalties.
Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD) (http://www.sacd.fr/en/societe/)
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers. Works to collect and distribute authorization and royalties for the use of French authors' works in theater, music, dance, cinema, television, radio, interactive creations, and still images. Links include information about the SACD, services, newsletter, and a glossary.
Cultural Event Listings
Calendar of
Cultural Events in France (French Ministry of Culture) (http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/actualites/arts/)
Calendar of cultural events, national and international celebrations, and more. In French.
Federation of Alliances Françaises in the United States (http://www.afusa.org)
Cultural programs and language courses offered by the Alliance Française, an independent American organization promoting French language and francophone culture as well as improving cross-cultural understanding and strengthening intercultural communication.
French Government Tourist Office (http://www.franceguide.com)
Official site for the Maison de la France, the French Government Tourist Office. Links to information on French festivals and cultural, trade, and sport events in France, as well as travel services, practical information, heritage and culture, and more. In English and French.
Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
French Culture and Education in the USA (http://www.frenchculture.org)
French cultural events in France and the United States. Links include books, cinema, education, music, regional calendar, newsletter, and more.
Paris Event Guide/Pariscope (http://spectacles.premiere.fr/pariscope/theatre/)
Weekly guide to arts, entertainment, gastronomic and sport events in Paris. In French.
Toutes les Bases (http://www.culture.fr/culture/bdd/index.html)
A collection of links concerning French culture, covering topics such as Architecture, Cinema, the French language, Museums, Dance, and Theater, among others. In French.
Art
French antiquarian site.
France Antiques (http://www.franceantiq.fr/home_fr.htm)
Devoted to antique art (including books, autographs, and coins). Links to experts, art dealers, antiquarian booksellers, art publishers and booksellers, and restorers. Current information on fairs and dealers' catalogues. In French and English.
Muséofile. Directory of French Museums. Répertoire des musées françaises (Ministry of Culture and Communication) (http://museofile.culture.fr)
Database of French national, regional, and extraterritorial museums and foundations; searchable by location and theme. Lists are in French; individual sites may have multilingual access.
L'Officiel des Arts (http://www.officieldesarts.com)
Guide to French galleries, art publishers, museums, current art fairs and exhibitions. In French and English.
National Museum association's
photographic agency/Réunion des Musées Nationaux de France. Agence photographique (http://www.photo.rmn.fr/c/htm/Home.aspx)
Online catalogue of over 200,000 photographs of works of art housed in the national and regional museums of France. Searchable.
WebMuseum, Paris (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/)
International Artist index that provides brief biographies and examples of artists' works.
Cinema
Centre national de la cinématographie (CNC) (http://www.cnc.fr)
French government agency for the regulation, support, and preservation of French film, audiovisual and multimedia creations. Lists current activities, statistics, reports, and professional organization sites. Lists are in French; individual links may have multilingual access.
Cinema
(French Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france-priorities_1/cinema_2/index.html?var_recherche=cinema)
French government sponsored film and audio-visual programs and festivals, film library, and publications, primarily for the promotion of French film outside of France. In French and English.
La Cinémathèque Française (http://www.cinematheque.fr)
The Cinémathèque's program and event listings, educational initiatives, publications, and exhibit announcements. In French with some English access.
Commission nationale du film France.
National Film Commission France (http://www.filmfrance.net)
Practical information for foreign film production in France. Includes links to a production guide and films currently and recently filmed in France. Interactive map links to regional film commissions. In French and English.
U.S. Library of Congress. Motion
Picture & Television Reading Room (http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/)
The Library has several hundred French films, many of which have been distributed in the United States. These range from the early silent films by Lumières and Pathé frères to theatrical features of the sound era, including works by directors such as Renoir, Chabrol, Truffaut, and Alain Renais. One of the strengths of the French film collections is a group of silent shorts produced in 1903-04 by the innovative George Méliès, included in the Paper Print Collection of films registered for U.S. copyright protection between 1894 and 1915.
Comics Art
Annuaire des Bandes Dessinées (http://www.adbd.net)
Comics-oriented Web site. Access publishers, contents, booksellers, collector, and convention news related to comics. In French.
Univers BD (http://www.actuabd.com)
News, reviews, festival listings, online comics, guides, teaching resources for the comics afts. In French.
Dance
Ballet and
Dance in France (http://www.balletcompanies.com/Countries/France.shtml)
Links to all dance companies in France. Not exclusive to ballet.
Folk and Ethnic Arts
U.S. Library of Congress.
American Folklife Center. (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/French.html)
French settlement in North America is preserved in recordings of North American French speakers and performers.
U.S. Library of Congress.
American Folklife Center (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/map.html)
In 1991 the American Folklife Center documented the Acadian community in northern Maine.
Music
Centre National de la Patrimoine, de la Chanson,
des Variétés, et des Musiques actuelles. National Center for the Heritage of Song, Varieties, and Contemporary Music (http://www.lehall.com)
A site devoted to promoting modern French music.
IRCAM. Centre
Pompidou. Some Internet Resources (http://www.mediatheque.ircam.fr/internet/index-e.html)
Links to online databases, libraries, periodicals, organizations, and public forums. Searchable. In French and English.
Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique
(IRCAM) Centre Pompidou (http://www.ircam.fr/?L=1)
Institute for Music/Acoustic Research. Dedicated to contemporary musical research and production linked to the Centre Pompidou. Includes links to information about IRCAM, activities, online resources, and news and events. In French and English.
U.S. Library of Congress. Performing
Arts Reading Room (http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/)
The Music Division holds materials on all aspects of French music, from music typographic manuals, published music and books, to manuscript letters and scores. Among the French items held by the division are Laborde's Chansonnier, a beautifully illustrated 1470 vellum manuscript of secular part songs, the 1898 manuscript of Claude Debussy's Trois Nocturnes, and autograph manuscripts of music by contemporary composers Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, and Henri Dutilleux, commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge and Serge Koussevitsky Foundations. The Division also holds collections of French popular songs. Searchable.
U.S. Library of Congress. Recorded
Sound Reference Center (http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/)
Sound recordings in nearly every format covering a wide range of subjects and genres; music and spoken word. Documentary recordings feature French personalities such as Sarah Bernhardt and Charles de Gaulle. Searchable.
Photography
Maison européenne de la photographie (MEP) (http://www.mep-fr.org/default_test_ok.htm)
European photography center devoted to contemporary photography. Calendar of events, exhibits, conferences, book stores and libraries for photography.
Theater and Drama
Département des arts du spectacle de la Bibliothèque nationale de France (http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/collections.htm)
Scroll down to and click on "Arts du Spectacle." Extensive documentation for the theater, musical theater, dance, mime, circus, music hall, and marionnettes, as well as audiovisual documents for the performing arts. Collection includes books, periodicals, programs, posters, photographs, costumes, costume and set designs, and manuscripts. Mostly in French.
The BnF Performing Arts Department is also the head office of the International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts/ Société internationale des bibliothèques-musées des arts du spectacle (SIBAS), which provides links to The
World Directory on Theatre Museums and Libraries, the International Bibliography of Theatre, and the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre (http://www.theatrelibrary.org/sibmas/sibmas.html).
In English and French.
French
Theater Directory (http://www.iti-worldwide.org/amt/countries/p_FRANCE.html)
Locations and contact information of all theaters and theater companies in France, as well as links to these organizations if one is available. Also provides lists of performing arts festivals, schools, and centers.
U.S. Library of Congress.
Performing Arts Reading Room (http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/)
Search the Library's collections of French music, theater, and dance.
Museums
Le
Centre Pompidou (http://www.cnac-gp.fr/Pompidou/Accueil.nsf/tunnel?OpenForm)
Château Versailles (http://www.chateauversailles.fr)
The Louvre
(http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en)
La
Musée d'Orsay (http://www.musee-orsay.fr)
La Musée National du Moyen Age
(http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/ang/index.html)
The Picasso Museum (http://www.musee-picasso.fr)
In French.
The Rodin Museum (http://www.rodinmuseum.org)
WWW Virtual Library:
Museums around the world (http://icom.museum/vlmp/world.html#France)
Links to many French museums.
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