A project for an “information and press museum” announced in Paris for 2029

A “museum of information and the press” plans to open “by 2029” in Paris, with the ambition of enlightening the general public on the production of information in a context of growing disinformation, its promoters announced on Monday.

The goal of this future museum, designated by the acronym Musip, is to “face this democratic emergency”, commented its founding president, Antoine Mariotti, journalist on the France 24 television channel, during a press conference at the Eiffel Tower.

The scientific council is chaired by Le Monde's top reporter Annick Cojean and made up of other information professionals. The project is supported by UNESCO, numerous media outlets - including Radio France, Le Figaro, AFP, Charlie Hebdo, regional press groups - and the press defense organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

At this still preliminary stage, the initiators of the project have raised “several hundred thousand euros” to “prime the pump”, according to Antoine Mariotti. He estimates the creation budget at around 20 million euros. The goal is now to increase financing capacities by combining private sponsorship and public funds.

The location which will host the future museum in Paris has not yet been defined and “discussions are underway”, according to Antoine Mariotti. “Our objective is not to tell visitors what they should think” but to “show them in complete transparency how an editorial office works” and “give them the keys” to the production of information, explained the co-founder, Cécile Galluccio, also a journalist at France 24.