Musée départemental de la Seine-et-Marne

What Musée départemental de la Seine-et-Marne does

The Musée départemental de la Seine-et-Marne is a public departmental museum operated by the Conseil départemental de Seine-et-Marne, located in Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin in the Île-de-France region of France. It was formally opened in 1995, building on a regional ethnography conservation initiative launched in 1976 and the department's 1987 acquisition of the building that today houses the Guibert collection. The institution carries the official "Musée de France" designation, together with Qualité Tourisme and Tourisme Handicap certifications, situating it within the recognized French public cultural-heritage infrastructure.

The museum's core product is a program of permanent and temporary exhibitions built around a permanent collection of more than 3,500 ethnographic artifacts documenting the rural and artisanal history of Seine-et-Marne, augmented by stewardship of the Pierre Mac Orlan literary heritage (a dedicated writer's house on site). On-site facilities include L'Atelier (an educational workshop), the Pierre Mac Orlan house, gardens (including a pedagogical garden added in 2018), and an audiovisual room. Since 1995 it has produced roughly 25 exhibitions and now circulates itinerant versions of its exhibitions through partnerships with other cultural institutions across the department.

The business model is that of a publicly funded cultural institution: visitor admission is free, and the operating budget is supplied primarily by the Conseil départemental de Seine-et-Marne. Self-generated revenue is limited to an online boutique selling publications and related merchandise, plus any fees from hosting itinerant exhibitions at partner venues. End-customers are general visitors, school groups, and researchers; the principal paying counterparty — and the entity whose budget decisions determine the museum's viability — is the departmental council itself.

Name

Musée départemental de la Seine-et-Marne

Legal name

Musée départementael de la la Seine-et-Marne

Website

https://musee-seine-et-marne.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Musée départemental de la Seine-et-Marne is a public departmental museum in Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin, France, operating under the Conseil départemental de Seine-et-Marne. It houses 3,500+ ethnographic artifacts and the Pierre Mac Orlan heritage, serving general visitors and school groups with free admission.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Heritage Museum Services

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121), Historical Sites (71212)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

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PRIMARYTHAJADAI

Cultural Heritage Institutions (Archives, Historic Houses, Monuments Foundations)

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Museums, Galleries & Cultural Institutions

SECONDARYTHAJADAG

Archaeological Sites & Heritage Interpretation Centers

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Museums, Galleries & Cultural Institutions

Keywords

• Museum heritage services
• Ethnographic collections
• Cultural exhibitions
• Educational programming
• Public museum operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Musée départemental de la Seine-et-Marne is a publicly operated museum of society and territory located in Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin that preserves and exhibits a collection of more than 3,500 ethnographic tools and artifacts documenting the rural society of Seine-et-Marne from the early 20th century. It offers permanent and temporary exhibitions, a permaculture pedagogical garden, the Maison de Pierre Mac Orlan, creative workshops for families, audiovisual resources, educational programs for schools, and an online boutique for publications.

Product overview

Le musée départemental de la Seine-et-Marne est un musée de société et de territoire situé à Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin, ouvert au public depuis 1995. Il propose un ensemble de services culturels incluant des expositions permanentes présentant des outils et instruments de la société rurale du début du 20e siècle, des expositions temporaires thématiques (une à deux par an), l'espace de créativité L'Atelier pour les familles, la maison de Pierre Mac Orlan, un jardin de plantes utiles avec salicetum, un jardin pédagogique permaculturel, une salle audiovisuelle, une boutique, et des programmes éducatifs pour scolaires et familles. Le musée participe aux événements nationaux comme la Nuit des Musées et les Journées du Patrimoine.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Permanent Exhibitions (Expositions permanentes)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Musée des peintre de BarbizonminorOthersPartner museum in the regional cultural network; cross-linking and collaboration between Seine-et-Marne cultural institutions
• Château de Blandy-les-ToursminorOthersPartner site in the regional cultural network of Seine-et-Marne heritage sites
• Musée Jardin BourdelleminorOthersPartner museum in the regional cultural network
• Musée Stéphane MallarméminorOthersPartner museum in the regional cultural network of Ile-de-France
• Musée de Préhistoire d'Île-de-FranceminorOthersPartner museum; the two museums were created in parallel as counterparts for historical and prehistoric periods
• Commune de Saint-Cyr-sur-MorinminorOthersThe municipality recently acquired the Auberge de l'Œuf Dur for preservation; museum is located within the commune
• L'osier du MorinminorOthersCompany based in Verdelot that cultivates local osier and creates osier fences and living boundaries; maintains cultural squares around the museum

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Musée de l'Homme: National anthropology museum within the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, focused on human evolution and ethnography. Comparable as a major French institution with ethnographic mandate, though specializing in physical anthropology alongside cultural anthropology.
• Musée des Confluences: Major museum in Lyon operated by the Métropole, combining natural history, ethnography, and contemporary society themes. Comparable as a large French museum of society and civilization, though operating at metropolitan scale with significantly larger resources.
• Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac: Paris-based national museum dedicated to non-European arts and civilizations with significant ethnographic collections. Comparable as a major French institution focused on ethnographic and cultural heritage, though operating at national/international scale versus the subject's territorial focus.
• MuCEM (Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée): France's national museum of Mediterranean and European civilizations in Marseille, with major ethnographic collections. Comparable as a larger institutional player in French ethnographic and civilization-focused museography, though operating at national scale rather than territorial.
• Musée de la civilisation (Québec): Québec government museum dedicated to studying human civilization through contemporary social issues lens. Comparable as a 'museum of society' applying the same museological philosophy of connecting heritage to contemporary questions, though operating at provincial scale.

Regional players

• Musée savoisien: Departmental museum of Savoie in Chambéry dedicated to Savoyard ethnography, history, and natural heritage. Closely comparable as a French departmental museum with ethnographic mission, similar scale, and similar mix of permanent collections and educational programming.
• Musée dauphinois: Regional museum of Dauphiné in Grenoble focused on Alpine regional ethnography and popular arts. Highly comparable as a French regional ethnographic museum with similar interpretive approach to rural society and territorial heritage, though serving a different geographic territory.
• Musée de Bretagne: Regional museum in Rennes dedicated to Breton history, society, and territorial identity. Comparable as a French regional museum of society and territory with ethnographic collections, though serving a different cultural region.

Direct peers

• Écomusée de la Bresse - Domaine des Planons: A French ecomuseum in Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin... actually located in Saint-Étienne-du-Bois, dedicated to Bresse regional heritage with farm buildings, gardens, and ethnographic collections. Operates under the same ecomuseum philosophy established by Georges-Henri Rivière and Hugues De Varine.
• Écomusée d'Alsace: A French ecomuseum in Ungersheim dedicated to preserving Alsatian rural heritage, traditional crafts, and regional identity. Directly comparable as both operate as ecomuseums focused on ethnographic preservation of rural society within the same French heritage institution framework.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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