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Tuesday 30 March, 2010 - 08:40 AM EDT

The Barbier-Mueller Museum Cultural Foundation

With the support of the Manufacture Horlogère Vacheron Constantin.

Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller and Juan-Carlos Torres presented The Barbier-Mueller Museum Cultural Foundation with the support of the Manufacture Horlogère Vacheron Constantin.


This foundation aims to testify to little-known cultures, and to provide international support for anthropological observatory missions, publications and lectures.


Throughout its history stretching over more than 250 years, Vacheron Constantin has faithfully safeguarded the values that are not only the pillars of the watchmaking art as it is practised, but also the unshakeable foundations of the present and a guarantee of the future of the watch manufacturer.

This cultural partnership between two Genevan institutions gave birth to the immense success of the Métiers d’Art Les Masques watch collection in 2009 and to major events such as the exhibition at the Jacquemart André Museum in Paris and a gala evening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.


(Arnaud d'Hauterives, Jean-Paul Barbier-Mueller, Juan-Carlos Torres)

By committing itself to the creation of the Barbier-Mueller Museum Cultural Foundation, Vacheron Constantin is naturally extending its excellent relationship with the museum. Both share the affinities that have united them in this shared project, and both are inspired by a profound attachment to the innate richness of humankind and to its creative impetus as a life-giving principle.

Finally, while the Manufacture Vacheron Constantin itself represents a heritage perpetuated since its creation in 1755, it is also establishing itself as a cultural and social institution in its own right. Its economic success thus enables it to engage in activities of general interest.


(Two Ubi women dancers. Ivory Cost. Credits: P. Harter. abm-archives barbier-mueller)


The Barbier-Mueller Museum Cultural Foundation, with the support of Vacheron Constantin, was officially presented on Wednesday March 24th by Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller (Chairman of the Barbier-Mueller Museums in Geneva, Barcelona, Cape Town) and Juan-Carlos Torres (CEO of Vacheron Constantin) at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. The press conference was also attended by Arnaud d’Hauterives, a member of the Institut de France, Perpetual Secretary of the French Academy of Fine Arts; and Stéphane Martin, President of the Musée du Quai Branly.

We are enclosing a brochure presenting the Foundation, its aims and its organisation, along with the Board of the Foundation and the Scientific Committee.












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[ Vacheron Constantin International Geneva ]

[ The Barbier-Mueller Museum Cultural Foundation ]



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