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 »
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 »
Thierry Hermès ouvre un premier atelier à Paris en 1837 et propose à ses clients des selles et des harnachements haut de gamme. C’est son fils et son petit-fils qui décident de diversifier leurs produits afin de répondre aux attentes des cavaliers mais également des voyageurs. Les grands sacs de voyage et de sport, les… Read more »