Introduction to the Great Museums of Paris Since 1900

Russell Kelley will set the stage for the museums founded in Paris since the turn of the 20th century, and especially since the beginning of the Fifth Republic in 1958, introducing the four museums that will be the subject of individual lectures in this series, among many others, and highlighting the major trends in museology over the past 125 years.

About the Presenter

Russell Kelley

Russell Kelley was the curator and moderator of the past five winters’ Zoom lecture series on the History and Heritage of France featuring the “Grands Châteaux of the Loire and Île de France”, “The Making of the French Garden”,  “The Great Churches of Paris”, “The Making of the Great Museums of Paris – From the Revolution Until 1900”, and “World Monuments in Paris”. He is the author of The Making of Paris: The Story of How Paris Evolved from a Fishing Village into the World’s Most Beautiful City (Lyons Press, 2021) and Walking Through the Ages of Paris – Ten Historical Walking Tours Through the City of Light (Lyons Press, to be published in 2026), and has lived in Paris for more than 30 years.