A crossroad of diverse influences...

The musée du quai Branly has chosen to exhibit works from Oceania in terms of their geographical origin, highlighting at the same time a range of themes running through the Pacific regions represented. Visitors will thus acquaint themselves with artefacts from Melanesia, Polynesia, Australia and Insulindia, gathered together from historic collections made by 19th century travellers and from ethnographic missions, and resulting from an acquisitions policy that seeks to enrich collections with works of major interest.