Opera Archives: Costumes and Maquettes

How the museum’s opera archives present costumes, maquettes, and documents as living artifacts.

2/19/2025

12 min read

Picasso opera‑related archival materials in display

Archives keep process alive—costumes preserve movement, maquettes map space, documents trace collaboration.

Display Ethics

Handle with care
Present with context
Invite multimedia (photos, audio)

Performance objects belong to time, and to viewers.

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Curatorial Team

As an art‑loving Paris flâneur, I created this guide to help visitors connect with Picasso’s works — from private notebooks and ceramics to audacious canvases and sculpture.

Opera Archives: Costumes and Maquettes

Display Ethics

About the Author

Curatorial Team

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