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Musée en Herbe

Musée en Herbe (musée, 1st arrondissement): €364k paid by the City in 2020 and 17 Paris Council deliberations about it. The source of each item is given.

Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 29 September 2026.

€364k
paid by the City for this place in 2020

The Musée en Herbe is a Parisian museum run by an association under the law of 1901, recognized as being of general interest, subsidized by the City of Paris, and supported on an occasional basis by the State, the Île-de-France region, artists and private individuals. Wikipedia ↗

One of 225 places · €2.9 B paid by the City

What the City funds here

€3.6M
paid · 2010–2025
Annual subsidy to the operator, Musée en Herbe → Ce total regroupe les subventions versées par la Ville à l'association qui fait fonctionner le musée, année après année. L'association a occupé jusqu'à l'été 2009 un site au Jardin d'Acclimatation, bois de Boulogne (16e) ; toutes les années rattachées ici sont postérieures à son installation dans le 1er arrondissement.

€209k in 2010 · €364k in 2020 (the highest) · €227k in 2025

Click a year for its amount and the Conseil de Paris decision.

At the Conseil de Paris

6 moments chosen from the 17 deliberations about this place.

OCTOBER 2023€183,000 in grants and contract amendments announced for 2023The title of item 2023 DAC 191 announces 183,000 euros in grants to the association, an amendment to the annual objectives agreement, an amendment to the investment agreement and an investment agreement.Read the decision ↗
JUNE 2012€75,500 grant; a €29,000 cut spelled out in sessionOn a draft deliberation for a grant of 75,500 euros, Mr Legaret cites the Keith Haring exhibition (65,000 visitors) to request that the 2011 level of support be maintained in 2012; Mr Girard says he cannot respond favorably to the wish and puts the relative decrease in the grant at 29,000 euros.Read the decision ↗
OCTOBER 2009An €80,000 balance; leaving the Jardin d'Acclimatation called a joint decisionOn the balance of 80,000 euros, Mr Legaret considers the Museum's survival "very, very threatened" without stronger support from the City; Mr Girard describes himself as "fairly inflexible" and says he mentioned at the previous Council session "the decision of the Musée en Herbe, in agreement with the City of Paris, to leave the Jardin d'acclimatation site".Read the decision ↗
SEPTEMBER 2009Four motions: a €124,500 advance and restoring the grant requestedFour wishes (vœux) are presented; Mrs Fournier requests the payment of an advance of 124,500 euros; Mrs Boulay-Esperonnier asserts that by declining to renew the grant, "you led the association to give up its historic site in the Bois de Boulogne", and asks for it to be restored.Read the decision ↗
SEPTEMBER 2009A motion to ensure continuity after leaving the Bois de Boulogne siteOn a proposal by Mr Ian Brossat, the Communist group and Parti de Gauche elected members, the Council issues a wish (vœu) that the Mayor use all his influence to ensure the continuity of the Museum's arts education activities; according to the recitals, the Museum "this summer" left the Jardin d'Acclimatation for 21 rue Hérold.Read the decision ↗
APRIL 2006Finances strained since 2003, relocation studied; €315,000 approvedIn session, Mr Girard states that the association's financial situation has deteriorated since 2003, linked in particular, in his view, to costly exhibitions, and that the City is studying options for relocating it; Mr Courtois voices concern about a one-year agreement.Read the decision ↗
2 more moments, 2001–2010
SEPTEMBER 2010UMPPA amendment on financial needs adopted, €102,750 amendment passedThe U.M.P.P.A. amendment, whose authors wish the Mayor to study the terms for drafting the multi-year agreement "taking into account the real financial needs of the organization", receives a favorable opinion from the Executive; the amendment is adopted, followed by the amended draft deliberation (amendment to the agreement, 102,750 euros).Read the decision ↗
DECEMBER 2001Agreement signed, 600,000 F subject to a supplementary budget voteThe Council authorizes the Mayor to sign an agreement with the association, located in the Jardin d'Acclimatation; the expenditure of 600,000 francs is charged, subject to a funding decision, to the supplementary budget.Read the decision ↗

All deliberations ↗

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