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.

Over de auteur

Curatorial Team

Als kunstminnende flaneur in Parijs schreef ik deze gids om bezoekers dichterbij Picassos werk te brengen — van notitieboeken en keramiek tot gedurfde doeken en sculpturen.

Opera Archives: Costumes and Maquettes

Display Ethics

Over de auteur

Curatorial Team

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