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Dès le début des grandes explorations vers le Nouveau-Monde ou les îles du Pacifique, les navigateurs ramènent de nombreux « souvenirs » de leurs voyages. Les Européens se passionnent pour ces civilisations lointaines et les plus fortunés ont leurs propres cabinets de curiosités. C’est ainsi qu’un premier musée ethnographique temporaire réunissant de nombreuses collections privées ouvre ses… Read more »
The French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing was behind the project of the Arab World Institute construction at the heart of Paris. Thus, he wanted to lighten the relations between France and Arab countries bringing the two cultures closer. The building was inaugurated in 1987 under the chairmanship of François Mitterrand. The Institute shelters permanent collections… Read more »
During the second part of the 16th century, the Regent of France named Catherine de Medicis at the time, had the Tuileries Palace built on wilderness lands neighbouring the Louvre. Today, from that royal and imperial mansion only gardens remain. In fact, the monument was burnt during the Paris Commune of 1871, a social conflict… Read more »