The Musée Courbet will present a newly acquired work from its collection on 20 September 2026, offering visitors three opportunities to examine the object and hear how it entered the museum. The sessions will take place at the Atelier Courbet in Ornans at 11am, 2pm and 3:30pm as part of the European Heritage Days programme.
Benjamin Foudral, director-conservator of the Musée Courbet and the Pôle Courbet, will lead the presentation. According to the museum’s programme, the 30-minute visit will address how a work becomes part of a museum collection, how it can be preserved while being shown to the public, and the role of museum conservation.
The work’s title, artist, medium, date and acquisition history have not been identified in the published event information. The museum describes the presentation as an opportunity to discover a new work in the collection of the departmental Gustave Courbet Museum, but provides no further catalogue details ahead of the event.
The presentation is scheduled within the wider Pôle Courbet programme for the European Heritage Days, during which admission to the Musée Courbet is free on 19 and 20 September. The Pôle Courbet’s publicly listed sites include the Musée Courbet, the Atelier Courbet and the Ferme Courbet, as well as documentation and research facilities connected with the institution.
Although the event is listed under the Atelier Courbet in Ornans, the museum specifies that the presentation will be held at the Pôle Courbet documentation centre, at 12 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny. The Atelier Courbet is separately listed at 14 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny. The published event page identifies the presentation venue as the Atelier Courbet in Ornans while giving the documentation centre as the specific location.
Attendance is free, subject to available places, and reservations are required. The museum directs visitors to reserve by telephone at 03 81 86 22 88 or by email at reservationpaysdecourbet@doubs.fr. The three sessions are scheduled for 11am, 2pm and 3:30pm on Sunday 20 September 2026.
