Support the Château de Rosa Bonheur in its various missions
The Rosa Bonheur Endowment Fund brings together all enthusiasts who wish to support the development and influence of the Château de Rosa Bonheur project. They collectively provide support for two fundamental missions: save an exceptional French heritage and rehabilitate illustrious women unjustly erased from history. In return for your generosity and support, we would like to offer you services that match your donation.
Whether you are a particular , a business , a foundation or a association , you can participate in the life of the project by providing:
Patronage in kind : by donating a work for example
Skills sponsorship : by developing new cultural activities or by offering your know-how for works or restorations
A financial sponsorship : by donating a sum for a project to acquire or restore a work or the Château de Rosa Bonheur.
The missions of the Endowment Fund
Restore and protect a remarkable architectural and plant heritage
Whether it's Rosa Bonheur's workshop, an architectural jewel of the 19th century, the greenhouse attributed to the Gustave Eiffel workshops or the park of the Château and its rare centuries-old species, get involved with us and take part in the restoration of the Château de By estate.
- restore the Pavilion of the Muses, 18th century pavilion
- restore the Grape room
- restoration of the artist's park: rehabilitation of the paths according to the layout of the plans found in the attics, restoration of the garden in boxwood serpentines, trimming of the remarkable trees
Develop research on Rosa Bonheur
Last place of residence of the artist, the castle has preserved priceless treasures for more than 120 years. The many attics are overflowing with letters, sketches, glass plates, journals, notebooks, trinkets… Valuable archives both for the heritage and for the history of the 19th and 20th centuries. Thanks to the hard work of archivist Michel Pons, more than 20,000 documents have already been unearthed on the life of Rosa Bonheur.
- produce the catalog raisonné of the work of Rosa Bonheur
- create spaces dedicated to the preservation and consultation of archives
- award a grant for research on Rosa Bonheur
- publish books around new research on Rosa Bonheur
- republish important works on Rosa Bonheur: the biography written by her heiress, her will and reissue of the catalog of the 1900 sale
Acquire and restore works
Hardly a month goes by without a Rosa Bonheur painting, drawing or sculpture going on sale.
Have Help us to acquire new works and to restore the unpublished works discovered in the attics of the castle.
Disseminate and transmit the work, values and struggles of Rosa Bonheur
Through large-scale mediation work, our mission is to promote Rosa Bonheur to different audiences in France but also internationally.
- develop the workshop museum with a view to becoming the International Rosa Bonheur Museum through the use of 150m2 of additional exhibition space
- organization of exhibitions
- realization of conferences
- creation of a cultural program for young audiences: show for young audiences on Rosa Bonheur, drawing workshop around the techniques of Rosa Bonheur, visits specially designed for children...
- creation of an educational kit for middle school students
- creation of multimedia content around the work of Rosa Bonheur broadcast on social networks and the internet
- development of an annual and multidisciplinary cultural program
- development of the Rosa Bonheur Festival
5 reasons to become
Havepatron of Rosa Bonheur
1. Support an emblematic, authentic, rare and unique project of French cultural, plant and architectural heritage
2. Contribute to the influence of France through the rediscovery of a world famous artistic icon
3. Sharing the resolutely contemporary values of Rosa Bonheur: respect for nature and the animal kingdom, affirmation of gender equality
4. Unite your partners around an independent and ambitious project that makes sense
5. Associate your name with the image of a pioneer in the spotlight
They support us, thanks to them!
Château de Rosa Bonheur
12 rue Rosa Bonheur, 77810 BY-THOMERY
+33 (0)9 87 12 35 04
contact@chateau-rosa-bonheur.fr
cuisine@chateau-rosa-bonheur.fr
+33 (0)9 87 12 35 04
contact@chateau-rosa-bonheur.fr
cuisine@chateau-rosa-bonheur.fr
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