The Steering Committee
The Monitoring Committee
The International Scientific Council
VINCI Group companies

The Steering Committee

A steering committee, composed of the managing director and the project director of the Etablissement public du musée et du domaine national de Versailles, the Inspector General of the Monuments Historiques, the project director appointed by VINCI and a VINCI representative, decides on questions of an administrative and budgetary nature. It monitors the financial implementation of the programmes and takes decisions regarding the appointment of firms to carry out the various sorts of specialised work.

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The Monitoring Committee

The Monitoring Committee is composed of members of the Steering Committee and representatives of:

• the Conservation Department of the Etablissement Public du Musée et du Domaine National de Versailles
• the General Inspectorate for architecture and the cultural heritage
• C2RMF (French museums' research and restoration centre)
• the research laboratory of the Monuments Historiques.

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The International Scientific Council

The International Scientific Council, composed of leading experts on 17th century decorative painting and architecture, European restorers, and senior representatives from the Versailles authorities and other European museums, is following the successive stages of this major project and advising on the various restoration options.

• Jean-Pierre BABELON, Honorary General Curator of the Literary Heritage, member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
• Lydia BEAUVAIS, expert on Charles Le Brun
• Michel BOURBON, expert on stuccos
• Geneviève BRESC-BAUTIER, General Curator of Sculpture, Louvre Museum
• Jean-Pierre CUZIN, General Curator of the Artistic Heritage, French Institute of Art History
• Michel GOUTAL, Chief Architect at the Monuments Historiques, General Inspector at the Monuments Historiques responsible for the State-owned property of the Louvre, France
• Arnaud d’HAUTERIVES, Permanent Secretary General of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
• Pierre LAURENS, Professor Emeritus, Institute of Latin Studies, University of Paris IV
• Denis LAVALLE, Principal Inspector at the Monuments Historiques
• François MACE de LEPINAY, General Inspector at the Monuments Historiques
• Alain MEROT, historian specialising in 17th century art, University of Paris IV Sorbonne
• Jennifer MONTAGU, expert on Charles Le Brun, Courtauld Institute, London
• Christiane NAFFAH, Director of the French Museums' Centre for Research and Restoration
• Isabelle PALLOT-FROSSART, Director of the Monuments Historiques' research laboratory
• Antonio PAOLUCCI, Superintendent of Museums in Florence
• Alain-Charles PERROT, General Inspector at the Monuments Historiques
• Pierre ROSENBERG, historian specialising in 17th and 18th century art, formerly Director of the Louvre Museum, Paris
• Jacques THUILLIER, historian specialising in 17th century art, Collège de France
• Rosalia VAROLI-PIAZZA, Senior Programme Co-ordinator, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, Rome

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VINCI Group companies

7 VINCI subsidiaries are working on the project, with 5 of them directly involved in the works:

• Restoration of the marbles and the bronzes: Socra
• Masonry, structural work, plasterwork : Degaine
• Site equipment, site safety : Dumez Ile-de-France
• Worksite ventilation : Lefort-Francheteau
• Electricity : SDEL Artec
• Dynacoord is coordinating security, health and safety arrangements on the project
• Axians provided the video installations giving visitors an insight into the restoration works underway behind the scaffolding.