The museum includes permanent art exhibitions, a 500-seat theater, projection hall, seminar hall, reading room, and mediatheque for viewing precious materials.

Musee du Quai Branly:
urban spatial creativity

Photo Masahiro Goda Text Shun Kambe

An innovative collection

Standing by the Seine near the Eiffel Tower, the Musee du Quai Branly has earned high acclaim. Opening in 2006 with strong support from ex-President Jacques Chiraq, the Quai Branly exhibits mainly primitive and indigenous art. It is one of the world's first museums to move beyond Christian perspectives to specialize in pre-literate cultures. The collection boasts 30,000 items from Asia, Africa, America and Oceania, including musical instruments and textiles. While other museums have mainly presented primitive non-Western European art from a cultural-anthropology perspective, the Musee du Quai Branly has gained worldwide recognition for its groundbreaking incorporation of artistic perspectives.