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From the start of explorations for the “New World” or South Pacific Islands, mariners brought many “souvenirs” from their trip. Europeans are passionate for this far away civilisations and the wealthier get their own cabinet of curiosities. That was how a first temporary ethnographic Museum gathering many private collections opened its doors in Paris in… Read more »

L’Institut du Monde Arabe au cœur de Paris est né de l’initiative du président français Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, qui souhaitait rapprocher la France et les pays arabes en créant un espace dédié à la découverte et au dialogue culturel. Inauguré en 1987 sous la présidence de François Mitterrand, le bâtiment séduit par son architecture moderne… Read more »

In 1899 Paris city has organised a World’s fair, a true showcase of the French expertise. It represented an opportunity for Gustave Eiffel to imagine and devise the famous tower which became a symbol for the capital. At the end of the 19th century the Eiffel Tower is an architectural and technological achievement and the… Read more »