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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 »

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 »

Le quai Branly situé le long de la rive gauche de la Seine chemine à travers Paris, du Pont de l’Alma au Pont de Bir-Hakeim. Avant le 18ème siècle, l’île des Cygnes, réunissant plusieurs îlots, était reliée à la rive par un pont surplombant un petit canal qui a été comblé en 1780. C’est sur… Read more »