The Friends of the Sèvres Museum Society (FSMS) (Société des Amis du Musée national de Céramique de Sèvres) is set up to promote and develop the Sèvres national Museum for Ceramics and study ceramics from all countries and periods. To meet these objectives, FSMS organises monthly lectures and cocktails, seminars, visits to exhibitions, museums and private residences, as well as study trips in France and abroad.

The FSMS has more than 600 members from France and numerous other countries around the world.

Most interesting lectures have been delivered to growing audiences by over 160 lecturers since 1985.

Yearly trips to numerous countries are organized for FSMS members, enabling them to discover major ceramic collections with the greatest specialists in the domain.

Since 1992, the “Sèvres” annual magazine, counting over 100 color pages per issue, has been published by the FSMS.

Every ceramic lover is most welcome to contribute to the FSMS activities with his knowledge and help .

Members enjoy several rights and privileges :
- Free admittance to the Sèvres Museum
- Reduced entrance fees to National Museums and under certain conditions to exhibitions at the Grand Palais in Paris
- Free Sèvres Magazine issue of the year of subscription
- Reduced price (- 5%) for products on sale at the Sèvres Museum’s shop
- Invitation to preview of exhibitions at the Sèvres Museum
- Access to all FSMS Activities
- Access to FSMS Internet site’s Members Space

The FSMS being state-approved, any gift to the Society entitles the donor to a tax exemption or to tax deductibility according to the applicable tax legislation.

Just print, fill in and post the following annual membership form.

Half-price subscription fee is granted to new standard members for their first year of membership.
This decision aims at encouraging new memberships and at enhancing exchanges with the Sèvres national Museum for Ceramics.

Société des Amis du musée national de Céramique
Sèvres - Cité de la céramique
Place de la Manufacture
92310 Sèvres. France

Email: contact@amisdesevres.com

Located in Sèvres on the banks of the river Seine nearby Paris, the national Museum for Ceramics and the Sèvres national Manufactory embrace a great cultural heritage. In January 2010, both institutions have been merged into a single public corporation entitled “Sèvres – Cité de la céramique”.
Initially set up at the beginning of the 19th century by Alexandre Brongniard, then Director of the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, the national Museum for Ceramics houses one of the world’s largest collection of ceramics from all countries produced from the Antiquity to modern times, encompassing all techniques including pottery, tin glaze earthenware, stoneware, siliceous pottery, porcelain as well as enamel and glass. The Museum presently shelters 50,000 ceramics.

Five thousand pieces are permanently on public view on two floors.
Temporary exhibitions are generally presented on the third level (see Sèvres Museum's exhibitions).

The exhibition rooms are open from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm except on Tuesday and on certain public holidays in France.

All enquiries regarding visits for groups, children and schools, or about individual subjects, as well as the porcelain painting classes, can be obtained by calling the museum at
+ 33 (0)1 41 04 22.

Musée national de Céramique
Sèvres – Cité de la Céramique
Place de la Manufacture
92310 Sèvres. France
phone: +33 (0)1 41 14 04 20
fax: +33 (0)1 45 34 67 88
web site: www.musee-ceramique-sevres.fr, www.sevresciteceramique.fr
email: musee.sevres@culture.gouv.fr