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Musée du Quai Branly

Museum

District : Tour Eiffel / Trocadéro


Member of the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau

Description :


Devoted to the art and civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the non-Western Americas, it is situated on quai Branly opposite the Seine and close to the Eiffel Tower. Designed by the architect Jean Nouvel and inaugurated in 2006 by President Jacques Chirac, it comprises five buildings over a surface area of 40,600 m2. The main building which houses the exhibitions is in the innovative shape of a metallic bridge and is a reminder that the Eiffel Tower is close by. The main facade of one of the buildings, facing the Seine on quai Branly, features an 800 m² plant wall, designed by landscape architect Patrick Blanc. The museum stands in an 18,000 m² garden designed by landscape architect Gilles Clément. It is formed of paths, small mounds and ponds conducive to meditation and daydreaming. The museum exhibits some 3,500 objects, in a collection that comprises of around 300,000 articles. The regular renewal of objects on display makes it possible to show the latest acquisitions, recent donations, and the richness of the collections. This renewal also allows fragile works to be preserved carefully away from the light.

Current events

The 6th Prize list of the museums of art in France, realized by Artclair, registers this year an important modification of the usual hierarchy in its summit. While the big Parisian museums are always in the main platoon of the general Prize list, the Louvre museum loses 2 places, giving up the head of the classification to the Centre Pompidou and the second position to the Quai Branly Museum.

Informations :

EPA

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 :

The botanist Patrick Blanc has created a huge 800 m² plant wall. Taking his inspiration from nature, he designed a fixture that would host 15,000 plants from 150 species of plants from all around the world on one of the facades of the museum thus creating an amazing plant composition.

Opening days and times

Open/Closed :

Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday 11am-7pm. Thursday, Friday, Saturday 11am-9pm. Private access for groups (compulsory booking) from 9.30am.

Cash desk closes at :

45mn before the closing time

Days of week :

Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday

Open on those public holidays :

1 January | Easter | Easter Monday | 8 May | Ascension Day | Whitsuntide | Whit Monday | 14 July | 15 August | 1 November | 11 November

Horaire nocturne :

Thursday, Friday, Saturday until 9pm

Individual tours

Independant tour :

8,50€ or 6€

Guided tour.

Free.

Free for children :

-18yrs

Group tours

Group tour :

compulsory booking

Services

Foreign language tour.

Foreign language information :

French, Italian, English, Spanish, German

Educational activities.

Audio guide.

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Wheelchair hire :

ask at the cloakroom

Restaurant.

Gifts shop.

Room hire.

Other services :

Bookshop

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Contact:

Access:

37, quai Branly Portail Debilly

75007 PARIS

 

District : Tour Eiffel / Trocadéro

 

  • Alma Marceau Iéna Bir Hakeim
  • RER : Pont de l'Alma
  • Bus : 42, 63, 80, 92
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