Practical Information
Address
37, quai Branly,75007 Paris
Telephone: +33(0)1 56 61 70 00
Easy Access
Métro :Line 9 Iéna, Alma-Marceau.
Line 6 : Bir Hakeim
RER C : Pont de l’Alma
Bus :
Line 42 stop Tour Eiffel,
Lines 62, 80, 92 stop Bosquet-Rapp,
Line 72 stop musée d’art moderne – Palais de Tokyo
Opening Hours
Every day from 11.00 to 7.00 pm, open until 9.00 pm on thursdays, fridays and saturdays. Closed on January 1st and May 1st.Links
Current Events and Actualities
Capturing the Model : 300 RODIN drawings (Exhibitions)
Du 18/11/2011 au 01/04/2012Everyone is familiar with Rodin's sculptures, but what of his drawings? This exhibition at the Rodin Museum in Paris presents over 300 drawings from the last thirty years of the artist's life. In fact, in the latter part of his life, drawing became the ar
DEGAS AND NUDE - EXHIBITION (Exhibitions)
Du 13/03/2012 au 01/07/2012This is the first major exhibition to be devoted to Edgar Degas (1834-1917) in Paris since the 1988 retrospective at the Grand Palais. Degas and the nude ties in with the Musée d'Orsay's ambition to publicise the latest teachings on the great masters of
Touristic areas
Musée du quai Branly
The Quai Branly museum is the latest art institution in the Parisian scope dedicated to African, Asia, Oceanian and American arts and civilisations. It is all together a museum, a mediatheque, and a research centre. Opened in 2006, its collections include more than 300,000 items and works of art. Most of them come from the Musée de l’Homme (Mankind museum) and the Musée des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie (museum of Arts from Africa & Oceania). Among them, are 3,500 items displayed according to their geographical origin.
The architect Jean Nouvel has designed the contemporary building. It looks like a footbridge stretching along the Seine, overlooking the hills and ornamental lakes of the gardens. On the riverside, do not miss the stunning vegetation wall of Patrick Blanc.
You can walk freely inside the museum. No walls but an itinerary through the continents allowing you to discover the variety and the richness of the collections, especially the arts of Africa, which is considered as the most, complete in the world.
Good to know:
At one end of the footbridge, stands the music tower. Like the Ali Baba cavern, it shows 9,000 musical instruments all along its 24 metres height. This impressive glass tower allows you to see all the levels of the museum
Timhotel’ tips and suggestion:
A very nice panoramic view from the roof restaurant and the mediatheque.