The National Center of Costume and Scenography
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| Established | 2006 |
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| Location | Quartier Villars, Route de Montilly, Moulins, France |
| Coordinates | 46°33′40.83″N 3°19′7.13″E / 46.5613417°N 3.3186472°ECoordinates: 46°33′40.83″N 3°19′7.13″E / 46.5613417°N 3.3186472°E |
| Collections | Costumes, scenery, paintings |
| Website | www |
Centre National du Costume de Scene (CNCS) (English: The National Center of Costume and Scenography (CNCS)), is a French museum dedicated to stage costumes and sets.
It was inaugurated on 1 July 2006 in Moulins, Allier by Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres the Minister of Culture, Pierre-André Périssol the mayor of Moulins and Christian Lacroix, dressmaker and board chairman. The current director is Delphine Pinasa, whose portrait is exhibited at the museum.
It is located in the old district of Moulins, Allier Departments of France. Situated on the left side of Allier River, it faces the town and its historic quarter.
The museum includes the historic building, which had been partially destroyed during World War II and was restored by François Voinchet, Architect of Historic Monuments for the museum. Villars, named for the native military officer, Marshal Villars (1653–1734), was built during the reign of Louis XV. The 18th century historical monument was used as a cavalry barracks. The interior of the museum was designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte and Jacques Brudin. A new 1,730 square metres (18,600 sq ft) building, was built for conservation of the centre's collection.
The museum is the first structure, in France or abroad, to be entirely dedicated to scenography and costume heritage. Its mission is to preserve, study and increase the value of a collection of 10,000 theatre, opera and ballet costumes. It also shows paintings, on loan from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (National Library of France), the Comédie-Française and the Opéra de Paris (Paris Opera).
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