Consortium Museum

About the museum

The Consortium was born in Dijon in 1977 on the first floor of an alternative bookshop, on the initiative of two young academics, Xavier Douroux and Franck Gautherot, who wanted to show the art of their time. It then moved into a former shop at the back of a courtyard near the market square.

From the 1970s and 1980s the venue presented avant-garde artists, among them Christian Boltanski, Annette Messager, Cindy Sherman, Daniel Buren, Carl Andre and Hans Haacke. In the 1990s and 2000s it supported new generations of artists, and in 2000 it organized a major retrospective of Yayoi Kusama. In 2001 it was also responsible for the French pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Since 2011 the Consortium has occupied a building transformed by the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. Its collection numbers just over 500 works, mostly gifts from artists who have exhibited at the Consortium; it is permanently displayed on the first floor and includes works by On Kawara, Cady Noland, Dan Graham and Louise Lawler. The Consortium is also linked to the publishing house Les Presses du réel and the production company Anna Sanders Films.

Highlights

• Shigeru Ban building with the “Architecture contemporaine remarquable” label
• Collection of over 500 contemporary artworks, displayed on the first floor
• Temporary contemporary art exhibitions
• Free guided tours on weekends and Friday evenings
• Free admission on Fridays from 17:00 to 20:00

Permanent exhibition

• Collection du Consortium – Over 500 contemporary artworks, mostly gifts from artists who have exhibited at the Consortium, presented on the first floor.

Founded

1977

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Every Friday from 17:00 to 20:00.

Also free for Friends of the Consortium, job seekers, recipients of minimum social benefits, teachers of art history, visual arts, decorative arts or architecture, journalists and art critics, artists (Maison des artistes card) and members of the C-E-A, upon proof. The Dijon City Pass and Pass Culture are accepted. With a TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ticket valid for less than 48 hours, or a subscription valid to Dijon, one additional admission is offered for each admission purchased. Payment by card, cash or check.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours
• Easy-to-read materials
• Audio description

The building is fully accessible to people with reduced mobility; a wheelchair and folding seats are available on request. Tours in French Sign Language and audio-described tours are organized regularly. An easy-to-read guide is available for people with intellectual disabilities. Hearing loops, headsets and earphones are available at reception and during guided tours.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Kids’ birthday parties

Free playful tours for children from 9 months (40 minutes), for ages 3 to 5 (45 minutes) and for ages 6 to 11 (1 hour), with paid art workshops for children aged 3 and over, by reservation. Birthdays for ages 5 to 12 on Wednesday afternoons.

Getting there & parking

The museum is about 200 meters from Place Wilson. Dijon station is about 1 hour 30 minutes from Paris.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Bookshop on the first floor, designed in 2018 by designer matali crasset, free to access during opening hours, with books, magazines and artists’ editions; online shop.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Corporate events

A 4,000 m² building with a screening room and bar area, for events by companies, institutions and associations; guided tours and team-building workshops offered.

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