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Quai Branly (Musée du) 
Dedicated to the arts and civilisations of Africa, Oceania, Asia and the Americas, the museum boasts some 300,000 exhibits including sculptures, fabrics, statues and jewellery, sourced for the most part from...
the former collections of the Musée de l’Homme and the Musée National des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie.
Designed by Jean Nouvel, the architect of the Institut du Monde Arabe and the Cartier Foundation, the building with its silk-screened glass wall extends over 39,000 sq.m.
It includes a lush 18,000 sq.m. garden and a 10,000 sq. m. exhibition area, with the permanent collections housed in a 6,500 sq.m. space.
Visitors enter the museum along a 200 metre-long wooden footbridge set on piles.
The luxuriant garden is planted with 178 trees including rambler rose, sugar maple, wisteria and magnolia, while more than 15,000 plants of 150 species cover a vertical surface of 800 sq.m. that constitutes the façade.
Open to a wide public in search of further knowledge, the museum’s multimedia library offers free access to 25,000 works.
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Photo © musée du Quai Branly
Practical information
Quai Branly (Musée du)
37, quai Branly
Portail Debilly
75007
PARIS
Metro :
Iéna
Alma Marceau
telephone number :
01 56 61 70 00
mail :
contact@quaibranly.fr
In 2006, a museum dedicated to arts and civilisations will open on a plot of land on the quai Branly, and will house collections from the Musée national des arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie and from the Ethnological Laboratory of the Musée de l'Homme. This new museum, built according to plans by Jean Nouvel in a huge public garden designed by Gilles Clément, will develop the scientific missions of the two existing museums, by offering visitors a wide range of activities. A library boasting 25,000 available works, as well as a news room, will be at the origin of a stock of information freely accessible via the interactive devices within the museum. Virtual visit on the website: www.quaibranly.fr
Others informations
Architecturals styles :
Contemporary
List of collections :
Archaeology, Sculpture, Painting, Photography, Ethnography, Textiles, Silver/Gold plate, Weapons, Manuscripts, Ceramics, Religious items, Far East religions, Drawings, Multimedia, Everyday items, Life show, Music, Documents, African arts, Lithographs, Illustrations, Instruments, Rugs, Engravings, Anthropology, Costumes, Frescoes, Art instruments, Trophies, Objets d'art, Funerary art, Iconography, Tools, Jewels, Interactive, Auditorium/Lecture hall, Films, Jewellery, Common items, Islamic arts
Collections period :
17th century, 6th century, 5th century, 4th century, 10th century, 11th century, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 12th century, 1st century, 2nd century, 3rd century, 14th century, 15th century, 16th century, Paleolithic, Neolithic, 13th century, 8th century, 7th century, 9th century, 21st century
Garden :
garden created by Patrick Blanc
Opening days and times
Open/Closed :
Everyday but Monday 11am-7pm. Private access for groups (compulsory booking) from 9.30am.
Cash desk closes at :
45mn before the closing time
Days of week :
Open on those public holidays :
Horaire nocturne :
Thursday, Friday, Saturday until 9pm
Individual tours
Independant tour :
8,50€ or 6€
Free for children :
-18yrs
Group tours
Group tour :
compulsory booking
Services
Foreign language information :
French, Italian, English, Spanish, German
Wheelchair hire :
ask at the cloakroom
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