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Press releases, accreditation and contacts: everything journalists need to cover OIMAP and its events.

Updated : October 28, 2026· 4 min read

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Rue du Regard, Eugène Atget (1899)Press releasesAbout forty press releases a year: how they are written, classified, distributed and archived, and how to find them.› Bifolium from a Bible: Initial E[t factum est] with Ezekiel (c. 1290)Journalist accreditationOnline accreditation procedure: conditions, documents to provide, three-day turnaround and rules to follow on site.› Small Mosque in the Kaiserbagh, Felice A. Beato (1858)Press contactsContacting the press office, the spokesperson and the media library: hours, languages, turnaround times and good practice for making a request.›

The OIMAP press room

Boy with Cigar (c. 1855)
Boy with Cigar (c. 1855)

The Organization publishes about forty press releases a year and welcomes journalists at its conferences, regional seminars and the General Assembly. The press office, attached to the Events and Communications Directorate, answers media requests in French, English and Spanish.

This section brings together the press releases, the accreditation procedure and the press office contacts.

The attendance and turnaround figures cited here are indicative unless otherwise stated.

  • Press
  • Media
  • Journalists

The press in figures

≈ 40Press releases per year
3 daysAccreditation turnaround
3Languages of distribution
5 daysTurnaround for an image request

Source: Events and Communications Directorate.

Three pages

A Manuscript of Five Sections of a Qur'an (18th century)InformationPress releases

The official texts.

›Portrait Head of a Noble or Official (175–200 CE)ProcedureAccreditation

Covering an event.

›Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso), Bihzad (c. 1485)DirectoryContacts

Contacting the office.

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Breakdown

Institutional press releases35 %
Events and conferences30%
Operations and restitutions20%
Publications15%

Indicative breakdown of press releases.

Nowshera, Kashmir (number 1000), Samuel Bourne (1864)
Nowshera, Kashmir (number 1000), Samuel Bourne (1864)
Portrait of Georges Arnold Fitzwilliam, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin (c. 1790–1852)
Portrait of Georges Arnold Fitzwilliam, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin (c. 1790–1852)
Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion (recto) and Text (verso) (c. 1330–40)
Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion (recto) and Text (verso) (c. 1330–40)

Public, verifiable information

OIMAP considers that transparency is a condition of market trust. Each press release is reviewed by the directorate concerned, approved by the spokesperson and then released simultaneously in the three working languages. The figures cited refer to the Organization's official publications.

Journalists can thus verify a data point, find the source document and cite the Organization without ambiguity. A corrected press release is flagged as such, with the date and subject of the correction.

What the press office offers

The office answers factual questions, puts journalists in touch with the Organization's experts, arranges interviews with the spokesperson and prepares thematic briefing packs for major events. It also directs journalists to the media library for images and videos.

Interview requests are handled in order of receipt, taking into account the announced deadlines. Subjects relating to ongoing proceedings or a confidential dispute cannot be commented on.

Covering an event

Conferences, seminars and the General Assembly are open to accredited press. Accreditation gives access to the press room, public sessions, embargoed documents and interviews arranged with speakers.

Some sessions, in particular the delegations' deliberations, are held in closed session. The programme specifies which sessions are open. Journalists are asked to report to the reception desk with their press card.

Embargoes and rules of use

Some documents are provided under embargo, that is, with a date and time before which they must not be published. Respecting the embargo is a condition of access to these mailings; a breach may lead to suspension of accreditation.

Remarks gathered from the Organization's staff may by default be used with a mention of their position. Any request for confidentiality must be made before the interview and confirmed in writing.

Three services for journalists

Press office services
ServiceIndicative turnaroundAccess
Press releasesImmediate releaseFree
Accreditation3 daysOnline form
Interview with the spokespersonSubject to availabilityOn request
Images and videos5 working daysRequest to the media library

Milestones

  1. Creation of the Organization

    First founding press release.

  2. Online press room

    Distribution in three languages.

  3. Online accreditation

    Dedicated module.

  4. 19th General Assembly

    Press room in Singapore.

La Belle Jardinère: le magasin de la rue de la Cité pendant sa demolition, Paris, Charles Marville (1864–66)
La Belle Jardinère: le magasin de la rue de la Cité pendant sa demolition, Paris, Charles Marville (1864–66)
Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven (c. 1295)
Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven (c. 1295)
Portrait of Sandford Peacocke, William Wood (1801)
Portrait of Sandford Peacocke, William Wood (1801)

Embargo

One-off or annual accreditation

St. Catherine of Siena and the Beggar, Giovanni di Paolo (1460s)

One-off

One event
  • Three-day turnaround
  • Access to one event
  • Documents to provide each time

For occasional coverage.

The Music Teacher's Wife (c. 1850s)

Annual

One calendar year
  • Access to all open events
  • Embargoed mailings
  • Renewal each January

For regular correspondents.

Working with the press office

  1. Browse

    Recent press releases.

  2. Request

    Accreditation if necessary.

  3. Contact

    The office, for an interview.

  4. Check

    Figures before publication.

  5. Cite

    The source and the date.

Before publishing

The press office

Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Calendar Page with Labors (recto) and Calendar Page with Peasant (verso) (c. 1524)
« Our role is to enable journalists to work quickly and well: a verified figure, an identified contact, an accessible document. »
Étienne Marchetti, OIMAP spokesperson

Press vocabulary

Press release
Official text distributed to the media.
Embargo
Ban on publishing before a given time.
Accreditation
Access authorization reserved for journalists.
Press kit
A set of documents on a subject.

Specialist and general-interest press

Specialist press covering the art market, conservation and heritage law will find technical material here: report methodology, definitions, statistical series. General-interest press will find summaries and examples that can be understood without prior knowledge.

For each major publication, the office prepares a two-page briefing note summarizing the key messages, the figures to remember and the limits of the data. This note is attached to the press release.

Frequently asked questions

Who may request accreditation?

Any professional journalist, including freelancers, on presentation of supporting documents.

Are the press releases translated?

Yes, in French, English and Spanish.

How can I obtain images?
Whom should I contact?

Useful documents

Contacts

View of the Gulf of Pozzuoli from Solfatara, Philipp Hackert (1803)
View of the Gulf of Pozzuoli from Solfatara, Philipp Hackert (1803)
Events and Communications DirectorateParis — Headquarters+33 1 00 00 07 00evenements@oimap.exampleMonday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Request accreditation

Portrait of a Man, Nicholas Freese (c. 1795–1800)

Obtain access to events.

Accreditation
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