39 New Digital Guides for Paris-based Cultural Institutions Launching on the Bloomberg Connects App

The 39 French institutions join more than 450 global cultural institutions from 24 countries with digital guides on Bloomberg Connects.  The app is part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ longstanding commitment to supporting digital innovation in the arts.  Bloomberg Connects makes it easy to access and engage with arts and culture from mobile devices when visiting in person, or anytime from anywhere.  With dynamic content exclusive to each partner organization, the app provides a range of features including video, audio, and text; expert commentary; and way-finding maps.

“Digital innovation is essential to make art and culture accessible to all. Thanks to the Bloomberg Connects app, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs can offer its visitors an even more immersive and enriching experience,” said Christine Macel, Director of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. “This collaboration with Bloomberg Philanthropies allows us to present the richness and diversity of our collections in an interactive way, while highlighting the unique history of our museum. We are proud to reinforce our mission to make our heritage accessible to an ever wider and more diverse audience.”

“Ever since its creation ten years ago, Paris Musées has been committed to innovation, and has never ceased to develop digital  systems and online applications for the public, in order to show and share the collections of the museums of the City of Paris with as many people as possible,” said Anne-Sophie de Gasquet, director of Paris Musées. “We are delighted with this partnership which, thanks to Bloomberg Connects, will give even greater visibility and influence to the 14 sites and museums of the City of Paris. We would like to thank Bloomberg Philanthropies for their loyal commitment to our work, particularly in this Olympic year, when the museums of the City of Paris are fully committed to celebrating the Games and welcoming the world!”

Through bold approaches and innovative partnerships, the Bloomberg Philanthropies Arts program supports increased access to culture through new technologies and empowers artists and cultural organizations. Bloomberg Philanthropies is also sponsoring Les Jeux Poétiques de Paris, a public program that places poetry installations and interactive poetry performances across transportation infrastructure and iconic locations throughout Paris in partnership with the Théâtre de la Ville and the Paris Université Club. The program will end on September 7, 2024 with a Paris-Los Angeles Poetic Marathon to pass the poetic flame to the City of Los Angeles which will host the Olympic Games in 2028. On June 1, Bloomberg Philanthropies supported La Nuit Blanche, an evening during which the streets and monuments of Paris were filled with contemporary art and performance. Digital guides for both of these initiatives are also available on Bloomberg Connects.

Bloomberg has a long track record of supporting ground-breaking cultural initiatives that focus on innovation and access to the arts in Paris. This includes the reopening of the Palais de Tokyo in 2001, and ambitious public art commissions such as Olafur Eliasson’s Ice Watch for COP21 in 2015, Jeff Koons’ public artwork Bouquet of Tulips in 2019, in-kind support for Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped in 2021, and the Norman Foster exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in 2023. In addition, Bloomberg Philanthropies supported Singing Trees in the Jardin du Palais Royal in 2019, the first digital festival at the Théâtre du Chatelet during the COVID-19 pandemic, and acted as a founding partner of The Good Chance Theatre Company which originated in refugee camps outside Calais. Bloomberg Philanthropies is also supporting the digitization of the archives of the Légion d’honneur. Bloomberg has corporate partnerships with Centre Pompidou, Grand Palais, Louvre, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris Musées, Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre de la Ville, and Opéra National de Paris.

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