Musee du Quai Branly
At the end of the ‘ramp’, the long winding walkway that spirals up from the reception hall, the permanent collections area presents the great geographical regions in which the Musée du quai Branly’s remarkable collections originated: Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas. The visitor makes his way fluidly across them, taking in the major crossroads between civilisations and cultures: Asia-Oceania, Insulindia, and Mashreck-Maghreb.
The 5,450 artefacts are presented so as to highlight the historical depth of the cultures that produced them, and the many different meanings that the works themselves possess. The museography encourages the visitor to take the time to inform himself on major thematic areas: masks and tapa in Oceania, costume in Asia, and African musical instruments and textiles form the subjects of a series of fascinating video presentations.
Opening information
Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Sunday from 11 - 7pm, Thursday, Friday, & Saturday open until 9pm, closed on Mondays.
Temporary exhibitions
Making of Images
With 160 works and objects, the exhibition deciphers large artistic and material productions of humanity to reveal what is not seen directly in an ima
16th February 2010 - 17th July 2011
Comments and reviews
Nobody has written any comments or reviews yet. Why not be the first to have your say?
Map
Contact information
- Website
- www.quaibranly.fr
- Address
- 37, quai Branly
Paris
75007
France - Phone
- +33 (0\0 1 56 61 70 00
Related links
Other museums nearby
Musee Guimet
The museum is devoted to the religions of Ancient Egypt, Classical Antiquity and Asia.
Musee Rodin
The Rodin Museum possesses about six thousand and six hundred sculptures including the two most famous works of the Museum, The Kiss and The Thinker.
Jacquemart Andre Museum
The Jacquemart Andre mansion and collections was created by avid art collectors and bequeathed to the institut de France as a museum.
Orsay Museum
The Musee d'Orsay in Paris, is housed in the former Orsay Railway station. The museum displays collections of art from the period 1848 to 1914.
Pinacotheque de Paris
This space in Paris presents "must-see" exhibitions on leading artists.
