General Information
The Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac is a museum that is dedicated to showing indigenous arts and cultures from Asia, Africa, Oceania and the Americas. The museum only has space to display 3500 of its 450,000 objects, but it does rotate its exhibitions. The museum is the newest of Paris’ major museums, having only opened in 2006.
Getting there
The museum is situated close to the Eiffel Tower. The 82 bus that travels through the city stops just a ten-minute walk away from the museum at the Eiffel tower. Other buses such as the 42, 72 and 87 also travel to bus stops within a walking distance of the museum. By underground, take the M6 line to ‘Bir-Hakeim’ which is a 10-minute walk away.
Opening Times and Admission
The museum is open six days of the week, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays it is open 11am-7pm and Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays it is open 11am-9pm; Mondays are a weekly day of closure.