Musée du Quai Branly

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The Musée du quai Branly, known in English as the Quai Branly Museum, nicknamed MQB, is a museum in Paris, France that features indigenous art, cultures and civilizations from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. The museum is situated close to the Eiffel Tower. The nearest métro and RER stations are Alma – Marceau and Pont de l’Alma.
A commission was established to study the feasibility of building the museum in 1995. When the study was concluded, land was reserved near the Eiffel Tower for the future museum. The curved site on the edge of the Quai Branly and the Seine is situated 100 metres from the Eiffel Tower.
The building was designed by architect Jean Nouvel. The “green wall” (200m long by 12m high) on part of the exterior of the museum was designed and planted by Gilles Clément and Patrick Blanc. At installation this was quite healthy and vibrant; however, in winter, the direct exposure of the plants to north winds blowing over the open expanse of the Seine River causes regular frost damage even though the support system for the plants’ roots, irrigation and drainage has proved to be perfectly adequate on the less exposed east facade of the building and in other places in Paris where it is used.
The museum complex contains several buildings, as well as a multimedia library and a garden. The museum’s frontage facing onto quai Branly features very tall glass panelling which allows its interior gardens to be remarkably quiet only metres from the busy street in front of them.
Australian indigenous artists represented in the 2006 Australian Indigenous Art Commission at the Museum include Paddy Bedford (Kija), John Mawurndjul (Kunwinjku), Ningura Napurrula (Pintupi), Lena Nyadbi (Kija), Michael Riley (Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi)|, Judy Watson (Waanji) and Gulumbu Yunupingu (Gumatj).There are many Aboriginal artists represented in the collection, including Mawurndjul.
The museum contains the collections of the now-closed Musée National Des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie and the ethnographic department of the Musée de l’Homme. The museum contains 267,000 objects in its permanent collection, of which 3,500 items from the collection are on display.A part of it is now exhibit at the Pavillon des Sessions of the musée du Louvre, where the master pieces are such as “l’homme de fer”.

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