Sunday, October 19, 2014
Visit the Musee du Quai Branly
Visit the Musee du Quai Branly
At the heart of Paris, next to the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay, minutes of the Grand and Petit Palais, Palais de Tokyo and the Modern Art of the City of Paris Museum, the Quai Branly Museum occupies an exceptional site on the banks of the Seine, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. Opened June 20, 2006 by President Jacques Chirac, who had been initiated by the project, the Musée du quai Branly is an innovative cultural institution: both museum, teaching and research center and living space for public. Devoted to the arts and civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, its collections include approximately 300,000 objects, which mostly come from the Museum of Man (250 000 objects from the ethnology laboratory) and national Museum of the Arts of Africa and Oceania (25,000 objects). Three mezzanines, for temporary exhibitions and houses a multimedia center focused on anthropological research, complete the museum designed by architect Jean Nouvel.
In addition to the spaces dedicated to the permanent collections, and the trays of supple form reserved for international exhibitions, the building also houses important reserves open to researchers, a library, an auditorium, a theater, classrooms and conferences, and a theater that opens the summer on the "amphitheater of green" garden. A garden of 18,000 square meters, ideal for walking and daydreaming with its trails and paved, small hills and ponds and of course paths, a dining area complete the package .
In addition to the spaces dedicated to the permanent collections, and the trays of supple form reserved for international exhibitions, the building also houses important reserves open to researchers, a library, an auditorium, a theater, classrooms and conferences, and a theater that opens the summer on the "amphitheater of green" garden. A garden of 18,000 square meters, ideal for walking and daydreaming with its trails and paved, small hills and ponds and of course paths, a dining area complete the package .
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