The Musée national de la Marine is a public administrative institution under the supervision of the Ministry of the Army. It consists of six sites open to the public and a conservation and resource center. The establishment is at the same time a museum of art and history, science and technology, human adventure and popular traditions. It is a center of maritime culture open to all and its vocation is to be a showcase and heritage conservatory for all seas. It also aims to make the public aware of the challenges of the sea today and tomorrow, through the development of its heritage. The museum's mission is to ensure the conservation, presentation, enrichment and growth of its collections in all areas of the navy, particularly those of the national navy, the merchant navy, fishing, oceanographic research, water sports and yachting. It may also organize or assist in the organization of any exhibition or event likely to maintain and develop a taste for maritime history.
The Musée National de la Marine is located in Paris, but also on the Atlantic coast, in Brest, Port-Louis and Rochefort - in two locations - and on the Mediterranean coast in Toulon. This presence on six sites, as well as its conservation and resource center in Dugny, allows it to maintain strong links with local maritime cultures and to promote an active exhibition policy.

Eric Rieth

Grade: Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS
Institution: LAMOP (UMR 8589 Université Paris 1-CNRS)
Expertise: medieval and modern nautical archaeology (maritime and river environments); medieval and modern shipbuilding archaeology; nautical ethnography
Latest publications:
- POMEY Patrice, RIETH Eric, Nautical Archaeology, College Station, Texas A&M University Press, 2024.
- RIETH Eric,  Pour une histoire de l'architecture navale : Méditerranée XVe-XVIe siècle, Paris, CNRS Editions, 2023.
- RIETH Eric, Galerie de portraits de navires du milieu du XVIIIe siècle. L’album de dessins de Pierre Le Chevalier, Dieppe, 1752, Bayeux, OREP Editions, 2022.
- RIETH Eric, Pour une histoire de l'archéologie navale. Les bateaux et l'histoire, Paris, Editions Classiqiues Garnier, 2019.

Louise Contant

Grade: Head of the collections and Research Department
Institution: Musée national de la Marine
Expertise: heritage conservation, museography and museology, terrestrial, underwater and subaquatic archaeology, management of international cooperation projects.