Dominique Poulot is a French historian specializing in the history of museums, heritage, and cultural memory. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

His research focuses on the formation of national heritage in France and Europe, particularly from the Enlightenment through the 19th century. He has extensively studied the Revolutionary period and its role in shaping museum culture, notably the creation of the Louvre as a public institution.

Among his major works are Musée, nation, patrimoine (1789–1815) (1997), a landmark study of museum policy during the French Revolution, and Une histoire des musées de France (2005), a broad survey of French museum history. He also authored Patrimoine et musées: l’institution de la culture (2001).

Poulot has been a visiting professor at several international universities and has participated in numerous European research programs on heritage policy and collective memory. He is a regular contributor to scholarly journals and edited volumes on museology, historiography, and cultural policy, making him one of France’s leading authorities on the history of heritage institutions.