POP : plateforme ouverte du patrimoine
French public search across databases of artworks, monuments, museums and photographs.
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Identify an artwork or monument
Search French public heritage databases through a common portal.
Check first: Record the exact entry, its producer and rights.
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Find a precise record and understand linked records
- Simple search
- Explore multiple databases through keywords.
- Advanced search
- Use the record-identifier field.
- Copy the identifier from the available reference.
- Use advanced search to find that unique record identifier.
- Read linked records and image rights before reusing a reproduction.
Fictional example: one record describes a painting and another its building. A link between them does not mean duplication. Cite the object record and add the building record only when relevant.
Your useful record: Identifier, database, title, record link and reproduction credit.
Record information and rights over its photograph are separate.
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Distinguish a heritage record from its images
POP brings together Culture Ministry databases including Mérimée, Palissy and Joconde. Identify the database and record number when documenting an object. Public information and photographs may have different reuse conditions.
- Database
- Mérimée: architecture; Palissy: movable heritage; Joconde: collections.
- Reference
- Keep database, identifier and consultation date.
- Image
- Read credit and conditions before reuse.
- Identifier search
- A unique record identifier is searched through advanced search. Linked records may describe a whole, a part or associated objects.
Does an open record permit reuse of every photograph?
No. Check image rights separately from conditions applying to the information.
Official documentation
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