The Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac is an art museum located in Paris, France. The museum, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, features the indigenous art and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oce
Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
View of the African exhibit hall
A moving stream of words, called "The River", a site specific art work by Charles Sandison, flows down the winding ramp that leads from the entrance of the museum to the main galleries
Musée du Quai Branly under construction, May 2000
Musée de l'Homme
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The Musée de l'Homme is an anthropology museum in Paris, France. It was established in 1937 by Paul Rivet for the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne. It is the d
Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
…Charles DeGaulle, into a museum dedicated to the cultures of the overseas possessions of France. the collections of the laboratory of ethnology of Musée de l'Homme ("Museum of Man"), which was created for the Paris Exposition of 1937 and contained 250,000 objects. The two museums and collections were very different…
Inscription above the museum
Main exhibition room of the Musée de l'Homme in Paris