Réunion des Musées Nationaux

The Réunion des Musées Nationaux (French pronunciation: [ʁeynjɔ̃ de myze nɑsjɔno]; abbr.

RMN) is a French cultural umbrella organisation, an établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (EPIC), formed in 2011, through the merger of the Paris National Museums and the Grand Palais.

[1] Its genesis came about in 1896, under the leadership of the French statesmen Raymond Poincaré and Georges Leygues,[2] with the aim of purchasing works of art for national collections.

On 1 January 2011 the Réunion des Musées Nationaux merged with the public establishment of the Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, which had been created in 2007.

Two statutes exist for these national museums; most are also public institutions with legal and financial autonomy.