Heritage and collections: status and movements

Next steps

Which heritage or collection dossier matches?

Protected monument: establish status and legal extent
Reconcile the protection decision, cadastral identity, protected parts and actual restrictions before purchase or works.
Protected-monument works: special permission dossier
Connect the proposed intervention, protection category, heritage assessment, plans and execution conditions for the protected asset.
Preventive archaeology: development-operation dossier
Connect the project footprint, prescribed investigation, operator records, costs and decisions affecting development.
Unexpected archaeological find: notification and custody
Record the discovery, location, authority notice, preservation instructions and custody before further disturbance or disposal.
Cultural-object export: prepare the permission dossier
Map object category, protected status, destination and temporary-return evidence before checking the relevant cultural-export permission.
Buying a cultural object: provenance evidence dossier
Reconstruct ownership, origin and export history while keeping the object’s provenance separate from customer due diligence.
Illicit cultural export: prepare the return dossier
Connect the object, originating state, export restrictions, movement dates and available international return mechanism.
Museum artwork loan: condition and custody comparison
Reconcile the loan agreement, condition-report versions, custody movements and return records for an identified artwork.
Museum collections: inventory and physical verification
Reconcile object status, inventory identifiers, markings, location and observed presence under the actual collection framework.
Public archives: appraisal, transfer and disposal record
Connect records series, retention triggers, archive decisions and transfer or authorised-disposal evidence.

Frequent questions

What other questions arise in this file?

Prescribed archaeology or an unexpected discovery?

A prescribed operation follows an identified project and decisions. A chance find has its own notification and preservation questions; the records and chronologies are different.

Does a revised condition report prove artwork damage?

Compare the actual descriptions and handovers alongside versions. A changed reference establishes neither physical damage nor completed return of the artwork to its lender.

Which framework applies to “Heritage and collections: status and movements”?

The English pages separate France and Switzerland. Select the country, authority and relevant period; a Swiss cantonal example does not establish a French requirement or one rule for every canton.

How can Julie continue “Heritage and collections: status and movements”?

Choose the page matching the document, then retain facts, versions and the question in the preparation. Julie can help research references and prepare the next document; the record itself grants no permission.

Sources

Which official references should you consult?

Code du patrimoine : L621-1www.legifrance.gouv.fr
LPN / NHG / LPN : 5, 6www.fedlex.admin.ch
Vaud : mesures de protection du patrimoinewww.vd.ch
DILA works on protected monumentsentreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr
Vaud : guide des travaux sur le patrimoine protégéwww.vd.ch
Vaud : travaux et prescriptions archéologiqueswww.vd.ch
Ministère de la Culture : archéologie préventivewww.culture.gouv.fr
CC / ZGB / CC : 724www.fedlex.admin.ch
Ministère de la Culture : autorisation d’exportation des biens culturelswww.culture.gouv.fr
LTBC / KGTG / LTBC : 3, 4, 5www.fedlex.admin.ch
OTBC / KGTV / OTBC : 3www.fedlex.admin.ch
Ministère de la Culture : provenance et histoire des collectionswww.culture.gouv.fr
OFC international and national legal baseswww.bak.admin.ch
Loi sur les musées et les collections, RS432.30 : 15, 16, 24www.fedlex.admin.ch
Musée national suisse : service des prêtswww.sammlungszentrum.ch
Louvre loan conditionsmusee.louvre.fr
VMS: Inventarisierung im Museum (2015)wissenschaftliche-sammlungen.de
Ministère de la Culture : récolement des collections des Musées de Francewww.culture.gouv.fr
LAr / BGA / LAr : 1, 6, 7, 8www.fedlex.admin.ch
Swiss Federal Archives transfer procedurewww.bar.admin.ch

Texts cited last checked: 3 November 2026