INTERVIEW
"We always hope for the best when we start a project like this," smiles Thierry Vincenty, general manager of IMG France, which produces "Tutankhamun, the Treasury of the Pharaoh". The exhibition, already the most visited in France in September, ended Sunday at the Grande Halle de la Villette. Final score: 1.423.170 visitors
"A very predominantly French audience"
"It was a very ambitious goal and we are delighted to have done even more than this initial objective," says Thierry Vincenty. "We still have 93% French among these 1.4 million visitors, 7% foreigners so we have a distribution of almost '50 / 50 'between the Parisians and the provincials. majority French who made the success of the exhibition. "
"Tutankhamun, the Pharaoh's Treasury" first left Cairo for Los Angeles, before heading to Paris. She will then go to London and Sydney. The tour is due to end in 2024, with several other stages. The 150 objects will then join the rest of the permanent collection in the new Egyptian Grand Museum in Cairo.