Question 7387 — cultural heritage

Summary

Mr. Yoann Gillet alerts the Minister of Culture to the auction of two exceptional manuscripts. On March 12, 2023, the letter that Robespierre wrote to Danton on February 15, 1793, until then exhibited under glass at the Paris Manuscript Museum which closed several years ago, was sold at auction in Versailles for 218,750 euros. A few days later, a manuscript from the early Middle Ages, the Codex Irmengard, classified as a national treasure, was sold to the Getty Museum. These works were acquired without the State asserting its right of pre-emption, despite the obvious interest that their conservation would have represented as part of the national heritage. This situation raises questions about the effectiveness of public policies in protecting French cultural heritage. In this context, he wishes to know what concrete measures it intends to put in place to strengthen the protection of French cultural heritage and prevent such situations from recurring in the future.

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