Les collections équestres du Centre des monuments nationaux : les châteaux de Bouges et de Maisons

Abstract

The equestrian collections of the "Centre des Monuments Nationaux" at Bouges and Maisons. Looking at examples from the castle of Bouges (the collection of Henry Viguier, who was president of the Cercle de l’Étrier) and from the Maisons chateau (a collection put together by the association for a horse-racing museum), this brief overview of the collections presents their specificities and looks at some of the preservation and museum issues that the collections raise. Constituted in different ways, their interpretation poses new questions: how can a stable without horses be preserved? what type of museum is it possible to envisage inside a protected monument?

Keywords

• horse-drawn vehicle
• horse teams
• harnessing
• stable
• saddlery
• horse-related collections