Culture and heritage are pillars for the construction and development of each community. Both an inheritance from former generations and a legacy to future ones, cultural heritage constitutes a common property resource which creates an essential link at the heart of societies.
The Michelin Corporate Foundation is very engaged in the life of territories where the Group is implanted, and supports cultural creation and contributes to the preservation of local heritage.
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The Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, the only theatre in Auvergne having received the “scène nationale” (national stage) designation by the Ministry of Culture, plays a central role in promoting art and culture.
Shut down in 1984, the former Mondière cutlery plant forge at Thiers in the Puy-de-Dôme department has been given a makeover, with the impetus of the town council and the regional authority and with the backing of the Michelin Corporate Foundation and La Fondation du Patrimoine. A world-famous industrial past The Mondière forge is located…
Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was ravaged by fire on April 15th 2019. The appalling images will remain in our memories for ever. The catastrophe triggered a worldwide outpouring of generosity with hundreds of thousands of donors in over 150 countries wanting to contribute to the mammoth restauration project. In the immediate aftermath of the…
The Coach Gallery of the Palace of Versailles, a real treasure, has just reopened its doors in the King’s Great Stables built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart between 1679 and 1682.
The Michelin Corporate Foundation has joined an important group of donors to support the creation of the International African American Museum (IAAM) to be built in Charleston, South Carolina, precisely where hundreds of thousands African slaves arrived in the United States between 1783 and 1808, in what is known as forced migration on the largest-scale…
Support for our cultural heritage and the arts is at the core of the Michelin Corporate Foundation’s values. Officially inaugurated on November 27th 2018, the 2019 France-Romania Season aims to show present-day Romania in a new light to the French public. The Season has been designed to strengthen the cultural, economic, scientific and civic bonds…
With archives going back 300 years and thousands of costumes and accessories, la Comédie-Française has a remarkable patrimony that has to be digitalized to ensure its survival. The institution has acquired software to catalog and archive its records and reappraise its history. The key aim is to make access easier for everyone. Three major projects…
To promote and highlight France’s cultural heritage using cutting-edge technology was the bold initiative that persuaded the Michelin Corporate Foundation to partner the Château de Versailles and the ESSEC Business School in organizing in Singapore the first digital exploration of the palace and grounds of Versailles, entitled “Virtually Versailles”. This exhibition, which opened in November…
Built and fortified from the 11th to the 16th century near Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire), the castle of Saint-Vidal is one of the best preserved medieval fortress in the aera. It is a jewel of military architecture of Auvergne, and is listed Historic Monument.
