Museum of Arts of Africa and Oceania

The history of the Museum of Arts of Africa and Oceania began with a colonial exhibition in 1931. At first, the small collection of exhibits gradually grew, and by 1960 the museum gained an independent status, and in 1990 became the National Museum. Since 2003, the museum's collection has increased significantly due to the merger with the collection of the Museum on the Branly Embankment.

The initiator of the creation of the new museum was the President of France Jacques Chirac, and the process of creating the museum dragged on for ten years. The doors for visitors opened in June 2006. The collection of the Museum on the Branly Embankment includes numerous samples of national art from Asia and Africa, America and Oceania.

The museum building was built in 1931, specifically for the colonial exhibition. The Art Deco building was designed by Parisian architects Leon Jossely and Albert. To date, visitors are presented with a magnificent collection of art objects, including Moroccan jewelers, antelope masks from the African country of Mali, as well as drawings of Australian aborigines on bark. The total number of exhibits is 300 thousand items, but the exposition presents only a small part of the collection. All exhibits are located exclusively on a geographical basis and transports guests from one continent to another.