Médiathèque du Patrimoine et de la Photographie

Name

Médiathèque du Patrimoine et de la Photographie

Legal name

Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie

Website

https://mediatheque-patrimoine.culture.gouv.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Libraries and Archives (519210), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAHAF

Libraries, Archives & Special Collections

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Arts, Culture & Heritage Nonprofits

SECONDARYMPAHAGAI

Archive Restoration & Digitization (Film/Video/Audio Scanning, Remastering)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Media Technology & Services (Post-Production, VFX, Animation, Streaming Infrastructure)/Media Asset Management & Archiving (MAM/DAM, Preservation)

SECONDARYMPAHAGAH

Ingest, Indexing & Proxy/Mezzanine Generation

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Media Technology & Services (Post-Production, VFX, Animation, Streaming Infrastructure)/Media Asset Management & Archiving (MAM/DAM, Preservation)

SECONDARYMPAHAGAL

Rights, Access Control & Clearance for Archives (Permissions, Audit, Policy)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Media Technology & Services (Post-Production, VFX, Animation, Streaming Infrastructure)/Media Asset Management & Archiving (MAM/DAM, Preservation)

Keywords

• Heritage documentation services
• Photographic archive preservation
• Monument historique databases
• Cultural heritage research
• Architectural plan archives

Headquarters

HQ city

Charenton-le-pont

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Public cultural institution (government-funded): MPP is a Service à compétence nationale (SCN) under the French Ministry of Culture. It operates as a publicly funded institution. Revenue is derived primarily from government appropriations. Additional revenue streams include space rental for filming and events, reproduction fees, and publication rights.
2. Space rental and filming: MPP rents out its premises and equipment for film shoots and events, generating supplementary revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The MPP is a national heritage documentation center that collects, preserves, and provides access to the archives of the French Monuments Historiques administration and the state's photographic heritage. It operates interconnected online databases (Archives, Photographies, Bibliothèque, Mérimée, Palissy, Autor) containing over 400,000 inventory records, a digital library (BibNum), and a physical reading room serving researchers, scholars, and cultural institutions. Supplementary services include guided tours, exhibition loans, space rental for filming, and image reproduction rights.

Product overview

The Médiathèque du Patrimoine et de la Photographie (MPP) is a national competent service under the Ministry of Culture that operates as a multi-database digital heritage platform. Its core offerings include interconnected archival databases: the Archives database (400,000 notices of architectural archives and plans), the Photographies database (over 4 million prints and 15 million negatives), the Bibliothèque en ligne (online library catalog), the Bibliothèque numérique (digital library BibNum), the Mérimée database (Immeubles Monuments historiques - architectural heritage buildings), the Palissy database (Objets Monuments historiques - movable heritage), and the Autor database (biographies). Supporting services include a reading room, guided tours, space rentals, and filming services. The institution also houses the Centre de recherches sur les Monuments historiques (CRMH) which manages a matériauthèque and leads the European Network of Material Libraries. Located at Charenton-le-Pont since 2014, the MPP collects, conserves, and valorizes historical monument archives comprising 11 linear kilometers of archives and 200,000 plans (44,000 watercolored).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• The MPP's archives comprise 8–11 km of linear archives, 200,000–250,000 plans (44,000 watercolored), over 4 million photographic prints, and 15–20 million negatives
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Fédération Française des Véhicules d'Époque (FFVE)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2020Partnership with the FFVE for the display of vintage vehicles on the MPP's parvis during European Heritage Days. The FFVE is an association under the transport ministry's oversight that restores, preserves, and promotes heritage vehicles over 30 years old. A triennial agreement was signed in February 2020 between FFVE and the Ministry of Culture.
• GrandPalaisRmncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGrandPalaisRmn provides the website design, direction of information systems, and image distribution (Agence photographique GrandPalaisRmn) for the MPP. Located at 254/256 rue de Bercy, 75577 Paris CEDEX 12.
• Stéréo-club françaisminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAssociation providing 3D photography and film screenings at the MPP auditorium during events such as European Heritage Days.
• Pari(s) AffrescominorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollective of professional fresco artists providing fresco demonstrations and workshops at MPP events, including Isabelle Bonzom, art historian and author of 'La fresque art et technique' (Eyrolles).
• Agence wallonne du patrimoine (AWaP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiator in 2017 of the Réseau européen des matériauthèques, a European network of material library managers and museums concerned with conservation of materials from heritage buildings. The MPP participated for the fifth consecutive year and hosted the network in 2020 and 2025.
• Laboratoire Héritage - UMRminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research laboratory co-organizing the international colloquium 'Gestes, rythmes, mouvements du commun' held at the MPP in October 2023.
• Compagnie Dies iraeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTheatre company presenting the performance 'Le Sang des Vivants, Variations communes' in the MPP's Charenton hall in October 2023 as part of a colloquium.
• Compagnie RetouramontminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVertical dance company performing 'Hisse Émoi' on the MPP parvis during European Heritage Days 2025, as part of cultural programming.
• Amis de Pontigny-Cerisy (AAPC)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerAssociation presenting the season programme of the Colloques de Cerisy at the MPP in April 2022, with streaming via Crealis Media.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Europeana: EU-funded digital platform aggregating digitized cultural heritage from European institutions, including MPP's contributed material; functions as a discovery layer and ecosystem enabler rather than a direct archive.

Direct peers

• Archives nationales (France): France's national archival service under the same ministry as MPP, holding state administrative and historical archives with reading rooms, digitized collections, and a parallel mandate to preserve and provide access to national heritage.
• Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF): France's national library and a comparable public institution under the Ministry of Culture, with extensive archival, photographic, and bibliographic holdings and a public-facing digital library (Gallica)—directly analogous to MPP's mandate and service model.
• Centre national du patrimoine: Aggregator of public heritage databases (Mérimée, Palissy, Autor) closely related to MPP's own documentary databases; serves the same researcher and conservation professional base on French cultural heritage.

Broad incumbents

• Centre Pompidou: Major French national cultural institution housing a modern art museum and an extensive library/archives (Bibliothèque Kandinsky), with comparable public archive, exhibition, and library functions operating at a broader cultural scope.
• Library of Congress: U.S. national library with extensive photographic, architectural, and historical holdings, plus Prints & Photographs division—an analogous public archive of national cultural heritage at much larger scale.
• Getty Research Institute: Los Angeles-based arts and humanities research institute with major photographic and architectural archives and a research library; comparable in holding specialized research collections on architecture, photography, and conservation.
• Smithsonian Archives: U.S. national-museum-system archives with photography, architectural, and material-culture collections—comparable function as a publicly funded cultural heritage archive with research and exhibition mandates.

Regional players

• National Archives (UK): UK government archival institution operating with similar statutory mandate to preserve and provide access to state records; functions as a non-French national peer for heritage archives.
• Rijksmuseum: Dutch national museum with a research library and photographic archives (Rijksstudio), offering open digital access—directly comparable to MPP's combined museum/archive/research library model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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