Cultural Activities
The Ministry of Culture is responsible for, or a major sponsor of, a number of annual cultural activities, including:
- Fête de la Musique
- Avignon theater festival
- Joconde, a huge online database of objects in French museums.
- Base Mérimée, a database of listed heritage monuments.
Read more about this topic: Minister Of Culture (France)
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