Auvers-sur-Oise
The Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac Museum, inaugurated on June 20, 2006, a few meters from the Eiffel Tower, is a must-see place in the culture and art of civilizations in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas (non-European civilizations).
In 1990, Jacques Kerchache, an art dealer and specialist in African art, meets Jacques Chirac (passionate about the primitive arts) for the creation of a project of primitive Arts.
After being elected President of the Republic in 1995, Jacques Chirac announced the arrival of the new museum of the 20th century.
The architect Jean Nouvel will be chosen to create and highlight the heritage and wealth of nearly 700,000 photographs and 300,000 works and (musical instruments, textiles, clothing) from the heart of four distant continents.
On June 21, 2016, ten years after its opening, the Quai Branly museum will take the name of the former President Jacques Chirac. It is one of the most visited in the world in its category.
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