Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 1.0A building at the service of the Member States
OIMAP's headquarters occupies a building on avenue du Patrimoine in Paris. It brings together the directorates, the Desk and the rooms where institutional meetings are held.
For opening hours and visiting arrangements, see the Contacts and Access pages. The organization of the teams is detailed in the organization chart.
OIMAP headquarters in figures
Source: OIMAP General Secretariat.
The building
The Haussmann-style building has been renovated to meet the accessibility and security requirements of an international organization. It has seven floors, a ground-floor auditorium and an interior garden open to staff.
The renovation work favoured thermal insulation and heat recovery, in line with the Organization's commitment to sober practices (indicative).
How the floors are organized
The floors are divided into major units. The Office of the Secretary-General and institutional affairs occupy the top level. The technical directorates, Certification, Market and Studies, Protection, and Regulation and Law, share the intermediate levels.
The OIMAP Desk and reception are on the ground floor, which allows visitors to be received without giving them access to the work areas.
The meeting rooms
Headquarters has an auditorium of about two hundred seats (indicative) and several committee rooms equipped for interpretation in French, English and Spanish, the Organization's official languages. The rooms are linked to videoconferencing tools.
Meetings of the Executive Council and the five standing committees are held there according to a calendar set at the start of the year. Member States may book a room there for a coordination meeting, subject to availability.
The teams based here
Of the roughly four hundred and ten staff of the Organization (indicative), the majority work in Paris. They represent fifty-two nationalities and are spread across the nine directorates of the General Secretariat.
Staff seconded by Member States, guest experts and Academy trainees complete the teams. All are subject to the code of conduct.
Directorates based at headquarters
| Directorate | Main mission | Floor (indicative) |
|---|---|---|
| Certification (Desk) | Processing of requests | Ground floor |
| Market and Studies | Data and analysis | 3rd |
| Protection (BIOP) | Alerts and restitutions | 4th |
| Regulation and Law | Standards and arbitration | 5th |
| Office of the Secretary-General | Management and institutional relations | 7th |
Milestones
- First premises
Temporary installation of the secretariat.
- Move to avenue du Patrimoine
Choice of the current headquarters (indicative).
- Renovation
Upgrade to accessibility standards (indicative).
- Modernized auditorium
Digital interpretation equipment (indicative).
No deposit of artworks
Visit or meeting
Individual visit
By appointment- Reception on the ground floor
- Escort mandatory
- Limited duration
For an interview.
Institutional meeting
By invitation- Access to the auditorium
- Interpretation
- Named badge
For a State delegation.
Organizing a meeting at headquarters
- Request
Write to the Paris office.
- Clarify
State the date and the number of participants.
- Confirm
Receive the confirmation.
- Declare
Send the list of participants.
- Welcome
Collect the badges.
Before you come
A delegate of a Member State
« The committee room was ready, with interpretation, and the reception staff knew our programme to the minute. »
Vocabulary
- Auditorium
- Large plenary meeting room.
- Interpretation
- Simultaneous translation of the proceedings.
- Named badge
- Personal, temporary access pass.
- Seal
- Device guaranteeing the integrity of a consignment.
Security and conservation
Artworks are not kept at headquarters: the Organization certifies, registers and alerts, but does not hold the objects. Only files, seals and archives are kept in secure premises.
Access control, a visitor log and a regularly tested evacuation procedure protect people and documents.
Frequently Asked Questions
Useful Documents
Contacts
Related Pages
Paris OfficeThe Organization's headquarters, home to the Secretary-General, the directorates and the OIMAP Desk.›
Paris Office ContactsThe addresses, numbers and services to contact in order to reach OIMAP headquarters.›
Access to the Paris headquartersTransport, reception instructions and accessibility conditions for getting to headquarters.›
The nine directoratesThe services of the General Secretariat and their areas of competence.›
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Image credits (17)
- The Old Market, Cleveland, Frank Wilcox (1920) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Panel (c. 1780–1840) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon, Antonio Canaletto (c. 1750–55) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Portrait of Machtelt Suijs, Maerten van Heemskerck (c. 1540–45) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Sketch of the Labyrinth of the Villa Pisani, Francesco Guardi (1773–1778(?)) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise, Camille Pissarro (1879) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza Farnese (recto), Lievin Cruyl (1664) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", Georges Seurat (1884) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Doge's Palace, Venice, Richard Parkes Bonington (1826) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Four Seasons, Kano Tan’yū (1668) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Architectural Conference (c. 1622) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: Pyramids of Geezeh, from the Nile, Louis Haghe (1846) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Pair of Drawings: Sketch of the Labyrinth of the Villa Pisani and Piazza San Marco with Doges' Palace, Francesco Guardi (1773–1778(?)) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza Farnese (recto); Cartouche (verso), Lievin Cruyl (1664) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: The Great Temple of Aboo-Simble, Nubia, Louis Haghe (1846) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Portraits of the Qianlong Emperor and His Twelve Consorts, Giuseppe Castiglione (1736–70s) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Banks of the Oise at Dawn, Louis Hayet (1888) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0