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| Musée de l'Illustration Jeunesse | |
|---|---|
| Name | Musée de l'Illustration Jeunesse |
| Native name lang | fr |
| Established | 1986 |
| Location | Amiens, Hauts-de-France, France |
| Type | Children's literature museum |
| Collections | original illustrations, drawings, prints, posters, manuscripts |
Musée de l'Illustration Jeunesse is a museum in Amiens dedicated to the history, art, and production of children's book illustration. The institution presents original drawings, prints, and archival materials by leading illustrators and publishers, and situates children's illustration within broader cultural currents associated with France, Europe, United Kingdom, United States, and global picture-book traditions. Its programs link to major cultural actors such as Bibliothèque nationale de France, Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Orsay, British Library, and Smithsonian Institution.
The museum was founded in 1986 amid local cultural initiatives in Amiens connected to projects by André Malraux-era cultural decentralization and regional revitalization programs influenced by the Ministry of Culture (France). Early collections grew from donations and purchases associated with collectors who had ties to publishing houses like Gallimard, Éditions du Seuil, Hachette Livre, HarperCollins, Macmillan Publishers, and Penguin Books. Initial exhibitions referenced milestones such as works by Émile Bayard, Beatrix Potter, Edmund Dulac, Walter Crane, Aubrey Beardsley, and modernists including Maurice Sendak, Tove Jansson, Quentin Blake, Tomi Ungerer, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Over subsequent decades the museum collaborated with institutions such as Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Amiens, Louvre, Victoria and Albert Museum, Princeton University Art Museum for loans and research exchanges.
The permanent collection comprises original watercolors, pen-and-ink drawings, lithographs, woodcuts, and printed books spanning the 19th to 21st centuries. Representative names include Gustave Doré, Jean de Brunhoff, Hergé, Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak, Beatrix Potter, Christophe Gallaz, Quentin Blake, Tomie dePaola, Marcel Marlier, Tomie Ungerer, Edmond Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Walter Crane, Aubrey Beardsley, John Tenniel, Randolph Caldecott, Kate Greenaway, Eric Carle, Leo Lionni, Arnold Lobel, Shel Silverstein, Maurice Pommier, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Sergio Toppi, Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Jacques Prévert, Claude Ponti, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Peter Pan (Barrie), Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, Brothers Grimm, Edith Nesbit, J.M. Barrie, E. H. Shepard, Robert Southey, Rudyard Kipling, A. A. Milne, Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Pablo Neruda, Noël Coward in relation to illustrated texts. The holdings also include archival material from publishers such as Flammarion, L'école des loisirs, Casterman, Dargaud, and Les Éditions du Rouergue.
Temporary exhibitions have showcased thematic surveys linking illustrators with movements like Art Nouveau, Surrealism, Cubism, and Expressionism, and have featured retrospectives for artists including Quentin Blake, Tove Jansson, Tomi Ungerer, Hergé, Maurice Sendak, Beatrix Potter, Eric Carle, Quentin Blake (again removed). The museum organizes international partnerships with institutions such as Children's Literature Association, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), UNESCO cultural events, and biennial fairs linked to Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse and regional festivals in Lille and Paris. Public programming includes curator-led tours, artist talks by figures like Quentin Blake, Tomie Ungerer, Eric Carle, workshops for emerging illustrators, and catalogues produced in collaboration with publishers such as Gallimard Jeunesse and Flammarion Jeunesse.
Housed in a converted 19th-century building in central Amiens, the museum occupies spaces adapted for conservation, exhibition, and educational use, near landmarks such as Amiens Cathedral, Hortillonnages, Somme riverfront, and civic institutions including Université de Picardie Jules Verne. The site benefits from proximity to transport hubs linking to Paris Gare du Nord and regional lines serving Lille, Rouen, Reims, and Brussels. Architectural interventions respected the historic façade while installing climate control and security systems aligned with standards from International Council of Museums and conservation protocols echoed by ICOMOS.
Educational programs target schools, families, and professional audiences, coordinating with regional partners such as Académie d'Amiens, Conseil régional Hauts-de-France, Maison de la Culture d'Amiens, and university departments at Université de Picardie Jules Verne. Offerings include pedagogical kits referencing texts by Lewis Carroll, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, and contemporary authors like Julia Donaldson, residency programs for illustrators supported by publishers including Éditions du Seuil and Gallimard, and digital resources for remote access inspired by initiatives at Bibliothèque nationale de France and British Library.
The museum operates as a municipal and regionally supported cultural institution with governance involving representatives from Mairie d'Amiens, Conseil départemental de la Somme, and partners in the cultural sector such as Ministry of Culture (France), Direction régionale des affaires culturelles (DRAC). Funding combines public subsidies, project grants from entities like European Commission cultural programs and private support including foundations and patrons connected to publishing houses such as Hachette Livre and Gallimard. Collaborative grant-making and in-kind loans regularly involve Bibliothèque nationale de France, Centre Pompidou, Victoria and Albert Museum, and international cultural agencies.
Category:Museums in Amiens