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Musée des arts asiatiques Guimet
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Museum
District : Tour Eiffel / Trocadéro
Member of the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau
Description :
Created at the initiative of an industrialist from Lyon Émile Guimet (1836-1918), this museum has become a great centre for knowledge of Asian civilizations. The Galeries du Panthéon bouddhique, also part of the museum, have an exceptionally fine Japanese garden and tea pavilion, a gift from Japanese patrons of the arts. This place full of serenity was designed specially to harmonize with all the aspects of the traditional tea ceremony.
Current events
Temporary exhibitions are occasionally exhibited in the rooms of the permenant collections, presenting modern and contemporary works showing the links between the past and present in Asia.
Informations :
The Musée des Arts Asiatiques Guimet exhibits the widest overview of Asiatic arts in Western Europe.
In a fully renovated open and luminous setting, discover collections of Indian, Japanese, Chinese and Indonesian masterpieces created thousands of years ago. Silk road treasures, Buddhas from Angkor, Japanese engravings, Indian silk, etc.
These major exhibitions, workshops, stories for children, films, concerts and theatre shows make this museum a venue offering a fantastic opening up to Asiatic religions and civilizations. A few metres from the museum, the Buddhist Pantheon offers a peaceful and priviledged break, with its Japanese garden and tea house between Trocadero and the Champs-Elysées.
Others informations
Architecturals styles :
Eclectic
List of collections :
Archaeology, Sculpture, History, Painting, Furniture, Textiles, Graphic arts, Weapons, Etchings, Manuscripts, Ceramics, Religious items, Far East religions, Drawings, Everyday items, Interior decoration, Life show, Bronzes, Documents, Porcelain, Private reception rooms, Reception halls, Costumes, Frescoes, Art instruments, Dance, Objets d'art, Earthenware, Funerary art, Antiques, Calligraphy, Halls and rooms (other), Jewellery, Common items, Fine Arts
Collections period :
Gallo-Roman, Independent Gaul, Roman Gaul, 1st century, 2nd century, 3rd century, 4th century, 9th century, Merovingian, 5th century, 6th century, 8th century, 7th century, 10th century, 18th century, 20th century, 21st century, 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, 19th century, 16th century, 17th century, 15th century
Garden :
This Japanese garden is a truly peaceful haven in the heart of Paris and is home to a Tea Pavillion, a sanctuary for meditation. It is located a few steps from the museum, in a town house where the superb Galleries of the Buddhist Pantheon are presented. Without parallel in the Western world or the Far East, these collections reveal the Buddhist religion
Opening days and times
Cash desk closes at :
Cash desk closes at 5.15pm, rooms close at 5.45pm.
Days of week :
Monday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Open on those public holidays :
Easter | Easter Monday | 8 May | Ascension Day | Whitsuntide | Whit Monday | 14 July | 15 August | 1 November | 11 November
Individual tours
Independant tour :
Entry fees:
- Permanent collections: €7.50 - reduced rate: €5.50
- Temporary exhibition: €8 - reduced rate: €6
- Permanent collections + temporary exhibition (double ticket): €9.50 - reduced rate: €7
Guided tour :
Price to pay for conference on top of entrance ticket indicated below:
- 1 hour: €4.20 - reduced rate: €3.20
- 1 hour 30 min.: €6.30 - reduced rate: €4.80
Free :
teachers, job seekers, beneficiaries of RMI or RSA, OAPs, disabled war veterans, disabled citizens, etc. See the website www.guimet.fr
Free for children :
Under 18 yrs, 18-25 yrs belonging to the European Union, Ecole du Louvre students, students from public art universities and schools
Group tours
Group tour :
- Permanent collections (maximum 30 people): €110
- Temporary exhibitions (maximum 20 people): €110
1 January 2010 rates subject to change
Services
Foreign language tour :
English, Spanish, Italian, Chinese
Foreign language information :
Room maps in English, Spanish, Italian / Educational information displayed in English
Educational activities :
"Story visits" for children, workshops for children and adults
Combined ticket :
Access to permanent collections and temporary exhibitions
Audio guide :
Free and available in 8 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese
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Paying members of the Société des amis du Musée Guimet
Carte Guimet: free loyalty card valid for 2 years
Photo allowed :
For individual use only and no flash
Restaurant :
Speciality Asian dishes
Gifts shop :
Bookshop/shop (books, postcards, decorative objects, models, CDs and DVDs)
Room hire :
To hire a room contact: agnes.legueul@guimet.fr
Museum & Monuments pass | Bookshop
Accessibility disabled persons
-For the sight impaired: Adapted visits, descriptive talks, on booking.
-For the hearing impaired: Visits in sign language, workshops for children
-For the physically disabled: Accessible establishment
-For the mentally disabled: Talks and workshops
Find news on the events adapted for disabled people at Aranieninfo.org http://www.arianeinfo.org
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Access:
6, place d'Iéna
75116 PARIS
District : Tour Eiffel / Trocadéro
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Iéna
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RER : Boulainvilliers
- Bus : 22, 30, 32, 63, 82
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