Luxe amer - 2001–2026: marking the 25th anniversary of the Taubira Act

On 10 May 2001, the Senate unanimously passed the law, known as the Taubira Law, making France the first country in the world to recognise the slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.

In 2026, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Act, the Foundation for the Memory of Slavery, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, intends to give new impetus to this movement and raise the profile of the Act and the values of liberty, equality and fraternity it promotes, by engaging heritage institutions. The initiative thus demonstrates how slavery and the struggles for its abolition have left their mark across all regions, and how this legacy is reflected in museum collections.

Luxe amer is a certified initiative that aims to re-examine the collections of the Château-Musée de Saumur, particularly the decorative arts, through the lens of the colonial and slave trade that fuelled the European economy and society in the modern era.
Part of the permanent exhibition, the exhibition will open on the occasion of Museum Night on 23 May, a national day of remembrance for the victims of slavery, established by law in 2017.