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news All the latest news about the Quai Branly museum's programme: exhibitions, performances, Open University, workshops, guided tours, conferences ...
museum publications discover all the Quai Branly museum's publications: exhibition catalogues, collections catalogues, architectural, scientific and youth publications, CD ROMs, DVDs…
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news All the practical information for visiting the Quai Branly museum: opening hours, ticket prices, entrances, membership, ticket office, restaurant...
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access The Quai Branly museum, close to the Eiffel Tower, is easily accessible using public transport or by car. Check opening hours, ticket prices, ... here
restaurant service The Quai Branly museum has two restaurants: the Café Branly and Les Ombres restaurant
ticket office Reserve your tickets for the Quai Branly museum online (exhibitions, performances…)
Become a member Become a member of the Quai Branly museum and enjoy numerous benefits: free entry, priority access, reduced price for performances
diary The Quai Branly museum's cultural, educational and scientific calendar: performances, exhibitions, conferences, concerts, film screenings, workshops, training, courses…
visitors
members There are numerous benefits to membership: free entry, priority access, reduced ticket prices… Friends have a privileged role in museum life
entirely public adults A unique place, the Quai Branly museum offers a novel approach to non-Western cultures: guided or themed tours, workshops, internships...
teachers The Quai Branly museum has many activities to offer school groups and teachers.
La boîte à idées la boîte à idées du musée du quai Branly pour les enseignants et les scolaires
families with kids discover a unique place, the Quai Branly museum offers a novel approach to non-Western cultures and activities for the whole family in the very heart of Paris
groups find out the practical details about group visits to the Quai Branly museum: rates, activities, reservations…
youths - students discover the free evenings for young people, make the most of the Quai Branly museum's cultural activities with the 18-25 year-old Quai Branly pass
professionals and associations The museum offers business people the opportunity to reserve private function rooms for events. Contact for the use of museum photographs
foreign visitors Near the Eiffel Tower, the Quai Branly offers a novel approach to non-Western cultures. This great Parisian museum has many foreign-language tools
disabled visitors The museum of non-Western cultures is a place which is accessible to everyone including disabled visitors. It offers activities adapted to visitors' disabilities.
areas The different areas in the Quai Branly museum: discover the collections area, the Claude Lévi-Strauss theatre, the multimedia library, the reading room…
programming
news All the latest news about the Quai Branly museum's programme: exhibitions, performances, Open University, workshops, guided tours, conferences, etc.
exhibitions all you need to know about the ongoing exhibitions at the Quai Branly museum, find out what's coming next, check past exhibitions
guided tours there are many different ways to visit the Quai Branly designed for all ages: guided tours with stories, exploration, introduction, exhibitions…
theatre, dance and music 2011-2012
past seasons
theatre, dance, music Performances at the Quai Branly deal with very different themes. The music rooms provide the opportunity to discover little known styles of music and traditional instruments…
theatre, dance, music Performances at the Quai Branly deal with very different themes. The music rooms provide the opportunity to discover little known styles of music and traditional instruments…
scientific events The research and teaching department organises international symposia, study days and conferences on anthropology and the history of non-Western art
cinema the Quai Branly museum organises series of film screenings connected to the exhibition programme and Varan Workshop screening evenings
Jacques Kerchache Reading Room The documentation and news area of the museum is open to all visitors and offers books on the art and culture of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas
la programmation en un clic découvrez la programmation du musée du quai branly avec les catalogues interactifs : expositions, spectacles, ateliers, conférences...
collections
news All the latest news on the Quai Branly museum's collections: new works on display, acquisitions, interactive programmes, sessions pavilion…
the life of collections discover what's new in the Quai Branly museum collections: new works of art on display, acquisitions, etc. as well as partnerships with other institutions
permanent collections
exploring the permanent collections The museum of primitive art brings together collections from Oceania, Asia, Africa and America: masks, tapa cloths, garments, musical instruments, etc.
Oceania The museum exhibits collections of objects from Oceania, i.e. Melanesia, Polynesia, Australia and Southeast Asia
Americas The museum exhibits collections of objects from American Indian peoples from Alaska to the Andes mountains, from pre-conquest times to modern times
Africa The Quai Branly museum holds one of the most important collections of African art in the world: works of exceptional richness and variety from the Maghreb, sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar…
Asia The Asian collections of the Quai Branly shed light on contemporary societies and provide precious testimony to a considerable number of often forgotten peoples.
four exceptional collections The Quai Branly museum holds 4 particularly rich and valuable collections: textiles, photographs, musical instruments and the history collection
interactive programmes Discover the Quai Branly museum's interactive programmes: specific or themed tours, teaching files, artists' perspectives, exhibition sites, etc.
tailor-made walks The Quai Branly museum offers "a la carte tours": selections of some 30 objects from the collections, brought together around a given theme
teaching & research
news Teaching and research occupy an important position in the Quai Branly museum: it has its own specific department, grants and thesis awards, multimedia library reserved for researchers, etc.
research and teaching department Discover the Quai Branly museum's research and teaching department, its missions and the resources it places at the disposal of researchers and teachers
scientific orientation The work of the Quai Branly museum's research department focuses on anthropology and sociology, history and the history of art
research The museum contributes to research in various disciplines: anthropology and sociology, history, the history of art, linguistics, ethnomusicology, cultural technology, etc.
The GDRI: anthropology and art history The Quai Branly works in partnership with the CNRS in order to create an interdisciplinary scientific research network, devoted to the development and dissemination of anthropological and historical studies on the arts.
grants The Quai Branly museum awards doctorate and post-doctorate grants aimed towards helping doctorate students and young doctors carry out original and innovative research projects.
learned Societies The museum houses 4 Learned Societies which promote the research and dissemination of knowledge in their specific area of study through conferences and by publishing reviews and books
l'enseignement Le musée du quai Branly accueille des enseignements en lien avec ses collections ou correspondant aux thèmes scientifiques proche des arts occidentaux et extra-occidentaux, patrimoines, institutions muséales...
the mediatheque The multimedia library contains documents on ethnology and the history of extra-European art for a diverse audience: university students, professionals working in the area of cultural heritage and the general public.
to consult the catalogues on-line the Quai Branly museum provides important electronic resources: catalogue of objects, image library, collections documentation, reviews, etc.
the mediatheque collections Documentary resources on the art and civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas are available: books, sound and audiovisual works, reviews and graphic items
making the most of your visit to the museum There are two consultation areas available: the Jacques Kerchache reading room which is open to all, the multimedia study and research library which is reserved for researchers
study at the mediatheque The multimedia study and research library allows you to consult print documents and sound, audiovisual and electronic works on non-Western art and civilization
scientific documentation The Quai Branly provides a digital version of all its collections to facilitate access to heritage documentation and contribute to promoting research and the human and social sciences
the artefacts catalogue The online catalogue of the Quai Branly museum's objects enables you to discover objects, whether they are on display or not, through digital photos.
The catalog of the iconographic library The Quai Branly's image library contains around 700,000 pieces: 580,000 from the Museum of Man, 66,000 from the library of the former National Museum of African and Oceanian Art
support the museum / privatise
how can I support the museum ? Become a patron of the Quai Branly museum by supporting new exhibition projects, enhancing the documentary archives and new teaching activities
great sponsors The Circle of Great Patrons is formed by businesses which support the Quai Branly museum.
patronage Patrons hold an essential position which enables them to participate actively in the life of the museum: VIP access to museum areas, private events, etc.
Friends of the musée du quai Branly the Friends society was created to support and contribute to the development and influence of the Quai Branly museum both in France and abroad
the public institution
press room For journalists or professionals who would like information on the Quai Branly, all press releases and files, the press relations contact…
accessibilité La volonté du quai branly est d'être un musée accessible pour tous ; sur ce site, renseignements et informations sont adaptés aux personnes en situation de handicap...
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