Galerie Colbert
The Colbert Gallery is a covered Parisian passage located in the 2nd arrondissement.
Situation and access
The Colbert Gallery is located in the 2nd earrondissement between the Place des Victoires and the garden of the Palais-Royal and accessible at 6, rue des Petits-Champs and at 2, rue Vivienne.
This site is served by the Palais-Royal metro stations (lines 1 and 7) and Bourse (line 33).
Origin of name
It bears this name because of the vicinity of the former Hotel Colbert, previously the Bautru Hotel. Rotonde of the Colbert Gallery in 1831.
Background
The Colbert Gallery was built in 1827 to compete with the Vivienne gallery, which was close to the latter, but it was not as successful.
The Colbert Gallery is open to the public who are invited to discover the magnificent rotunda surmounted by a glass dome. Giuseppe Mengoni was inspired by the construction of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan1. The brasserie Le Grand Colbert, with the Art Nouveau decor, often used for the cinema, is located at the entrance of the gallery.
Sheltered institutions
- -- The Colbert Gallery in 2011.
- -- The Colbert Gallery in 1900.
The Colbert Gallery houses the headquarters of the:
- National Institute of Art History
- National Heritage Institute
- André-Chastel Centre
- French Art History Committee
- Association of Professors of Archaeology and Art History of Universities (APAHAU) and the journal Histoire de l'Art
- Art History Festival
- Gernet-Glotz Library.
The Colbert Gallery also hosts research laboratories and doctoral schools related to the history of art and the cultural heritage of several universities and schools in the Ile-de-France region.
