Not surprisingly, the commission to consider the future of the Hotel de la Marine, chaired by Valery Giscard d’Estaing presented his initial findings before making its report in September.
First, it stated that it “has removed from the scope of his reflections were based on those disguised sale of the building to private actors to purely financial or speculative purposes,” referring to the project Alexandre Allard. It recommended Tuesday that the Louvre is selected as “preferred partner of the State” in the management of this historic building.
In the introduction, it has been a general principle: “the buildings that housed the sovereign activities of the French people and present a major architectural and historic interest can not be sold or licensed” and largely open to the public. The Hotel de la Marine belonging to the French people, it should be to restore these places, which must be accessed.
To ensure these missions, it appears that the Public du Louvre should be selected as preferred partner to the state. The panel recommends that associate with the Paris museum, “in a new institution,” a number of partners such as the Mobilier National, the Manufactures, the Museum of Decorative Arts and the collections of the Cabinet of Medals.
The Louvre would be responsible for presenting to the public, directly or as temporary exhibitions, art objects and collections as part of national heritage, including the Crown Jewels which it is conservation. The galleries devoted to the presentation would take the “Gallery of the French Treasury.” The Minister of Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand, and President of the Louvre Henri Loyrette, had “welcomed” the first Commission guidance, saying “very happy.”