 The Hotel Gaillard, future site of the Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie | |
  Location within Paris | |
| Established | late 2014 |
|---|---|
| Location | Paris |
| Coordinates | 48°52′56″N 2°18′37″E / 48.8821848°N 2.3103401°E |
| Type | museum |
| Public transit access | Malesherbes  |
| Website | https://www.citeco.fr/en |
The Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie or Citéco[1] is a museum dedicated to the economy, located in Paris, France. It was inaugurated on 15 May 2019, and opened to the public on 14 June 2019. The museum was financed with patronage from the Banque de France, and is located in the Hotel Gaillard.
History
The Banque de France announced the creation of the Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie during a press conference held by Governor Christian Noyer on May 25, 2011. The museum was proposed as an educational facility, inviting the general public to discover economics, tackle issues often met in everyday life, and encourage a better understanding of world events.[2]
The Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie mainly addresses teachers and students, to help illustrate concepts studied at school (around one-third of the estimated 130,000 annual visitors are expected to be students).[3]
Partners
The project is led by the Banque de France, in collaboration with several partners.[4] Among these are:
- The Ministry of National Education (France) supports the project and has delegated several teachers to help on the content of the Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie.
- Existing museums of other Central Banks, like those of the European Union or the Interactive Museum of Economics (MIDE), in Mexico.
- Universcience, and especially the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie: Christian Noyer, Governor of the Banque de France, and Claudie Haigneré, head of Universcience, have signed a cooperation agreement on the museography.
- The Institut pour l'Education Financière du Public joined in late 2010.
- The Bibliothèque nationale de France: Governor Christian Noyer and President of the Bibliothèque nationale de France Bruno Racine signed a cooperation agreement on January 3, 2012, regarding the presentation of coin and banknote collections in the future Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie.
- The Rencontres des SES: initiative developed by the Académie de Paris, where 11th grade students studying Economics and Social Sciences are invited to meet economists, in order to discuss current issues.
- The Little Conferences of the Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil announced a partnership on February 11, 2012. The partnership is developed around their shared objective of increasing young people's access to knowledge.
Building
Citéco is hosted in the Hotel Gaillard.
The neo-gothic mansion was designed by architect Jules Février at the request of Emile Gaillard, a banker from the city of Grenoble and amateur collector of Middle Ages and Renaissance art. The Hotel Gaillard was sold to the Banque de France in 1919.
From 1919 to 1921, architectural works were directed by architect Alphonse Defrasse for the Banque de France, especially the building of a steel structure that housed the cashier's desks and other services to the visitors. He imagined the impressive vault that could be accessed by a lift bridge, over two-meter-deep moats.[5]
Listed as a historic monument in 1999, this branch closed in 2006, as a consequence of the plan to close half of the Banque de France's French branches.
Architectural contest
Citéco was the object of an architectural contest. Over 100 teams of architects and museographers participated. The contest aimed at transforming this former bank branch into an educational Cité, while respecting the architecture of the historic building.
The winner was selected by the Banque de France from six finalists chosen by the contest jury. The winning team is made of Ateliers Lion for the architecture, François Confino for the museography, and Eric Pallot as architect in charge of historic monuments.[4]
Gallery
Grand Lobby construction works, conceived by the architect Alphonse Defrasse, 1921
Boardroom of the future Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie, architectural and museographic contest, 2011
Bank Vault of the future Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie, architectural and museographic contest, 2011
References
- ↑ "Citéco | Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie". www.citeco.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
- ↑ Banque de France Governor Christian Noyer's speech, Press conference, May 25th, 2011 : Launching of the Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie project
- ↑ Banque de France press release "Un grand projet pour un lieu unique : Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie Archived 2011-08-28 at the Wayback Machine", May 25th, 2011.
- 1 2 Press kit: Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie.
- ↑ Historical study on the Hotel Gaillard, led by the Groupe de Recherche Art Histoire Architecture et Littérature (GRAHAL), on request of the Banque de France.
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