Institut de France
The Institut de France is a scientific association in France based in the Collège des Quatre Nations in Paris . It was founded after the dissolution of the royal academies during the French Revolution in 1795 as the Institut National des Sciences et Arts as the umbrella organization and supreme body of the new, now state academies , and today it unites the five organizations listed below:
- Académie française ( founded by Richelieu in 1634 )
- Académie des Beaux-Arts (founded in 1648 as a royal academy for painting and sculpture , renamed several times, re-established in 1803)
- Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1663 emerged as "Petite Académie" from the Académie française)
- Académie des sciences (founded as a royal academy in 1666)
- Académie des sciences morales et politiques (founded in 1832)
The President of the Institut de France is headed by the Rector of the Académie française.
The Institut de France is sponsored by private companies and individuals and issues annual publications through the academies and scientific societies. Scientific and historical research is given special attention by the Collège de France and the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle .
The Institut de France also awards numerous prizes, including the Osiris Prize , the D'Animale Prize , the Prix Montyon (“Montyon Prize”) and the Jaffe Prize .
Cultural property of the Institut de France and the affiliated academies
The Institut de France and its affiliated academies manage the following foundations:
- Institut de France:
- the Foundation d'Aumale since 1884: Chantilly Castle with its domain, the Musée Condé and the “Musée Vivant du Cheval” in Chantilly
- since 1904 the Siegfried Foundation: Langeais Castle in Langeais
- since 1905 the Dosne-Thiers Foundation: Hôtel particulier Dosne-Thiers and its library in Paris
- since 1912 the Jacquemart-André Foundation: Hôtel particulier Jacquemart-André and the museum of the same name in Paris
- the Jacquemart-André Foundation since 1912: Chaalis monastery and its domain in Fontaine-Chaalis
- since 1919 the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation: House of the Institut de France in London (destroyed in the Second World War and at a different address in London since 1952)
- Astor Foundation since 1928: Kerazan's Manoir and Domain in Loctudy
- The Théodore Reinach Foundation since 1928: Villa Kérylos in Beaulieu-sur-Mer
- since 1997 the André Bussinger Foundation: Braux-Sainte-Cohière Castle in Braux-Sainte-Cohière
- Académie française:
- Since 1985 the Foundation Duke and Duchess of Castries: Castries Castle in Castries (Hérault)
- Académie des beaux-arts:
- since 1932 the Paul Marmottan Foundation: Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris and Bibliothèque Marmottan in Boulogne-Billancourt
- the Ephrussi de Rothschild Foundation since 1934: Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
- since 1966 the Claude Monet Foundation: Claude Monet House and Garden in Giverny
- Académie des sciences:
- since 1897 the Antoine d'Abbadie Foundation: Abbadie Castle in Hendaye
- The House of Louis Pasteur Foundation since 1992: House of Louis Pasteur in Arbois (Jura)
Web links
- Homepage of the Institut de France
- Cultural property of the Institut de France and the affiliated academies
Remarks
- ↑ Sabine Seffert: The evaluation of the Montyon prizes for the performance of German orthopedists in the 19th century using the example of Bernhard Heine (1800–1846). Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1986 (= Würzburg medical-historical research. Volume 40).