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A short distance from the Eiffel Tower, the brand new Quai Branly museum which brings together the Musée des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie and the ethnography department from the Musée de l'Homme.
The museum is set to become another jewel in Paris cultural crown, and a particularly bright one at that. The Quai Branly museum itself is a stunning modern structure designed by Jean Nouvel, the man responsible for other modern Paris landmarks such as the Institut du Monde Arabe and the Fondation Cartier. In addition, an impressive vertical garden of over 150 species of plants adorns the northern facade facing the Seine. As if that werent enough, the Quai Branly museum will also include a huge public garden.
Inside, the Quai Branly museum houses primitive art from Africa and Oceana, as well as Asia and the Americas. Appropriate artifacts have been transferred from other museums to help stock the permanent collection, and the Quai Branly museum has already set up strategic relationships with other institutions worldwide.
The museography will thus present an original and refreshing counterpoint to the other mostly Eurocentric museums in Paris.
Address
27, 37 and 51 Quai Branly, Paris 7e
How to get there
Metro line 6 : Bir Hakeim
RER C : Champs de Mars
Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am - 6.30pm
Late night : Thursday until 10 pm.
Information, hours, entrance fees & acces map.
http://www.quaibranly.fr
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