Quai Branly Museum

You’re encountering the Musée du quai Branly—better known as the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac—France’s major museum devoted to the indigenous art and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. Designed by architect Jean Nouvel in a deconstructivist style, it opened on 20 June 2006 and has since drawn 1.15 million visitors in 2016, making it one of the newest major museums in Paris. What matters here is scale and curatorial rhythm: the collection holds more than a million objects, yet only 3,500 are on display at any moment across permanent and temporary thematic exhibits. The museum also connects directly to other institutions, with a selection of works shown in the Louvre’s Gallery of the Five Continents. …

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