Musee du Quai Branly

Musee du Quai Branly, named after the street it is situated in, in located near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It specialises in the exhibition of indigenous works from Africa, Asia, Oceania and The Americas. It contains some of the ethnographic artifacts procured from the Musee de l'Homme, and its permanent collections number some 267,000 objects.

The museum is profoundly modern, and visitors walk down a huge ramp from its reception to reach the permanent exhibitions. From the ramp one can observe displays from a number of cultural crossroads, such as Asia-Oceania, Insulindia and Mashreck-Mahgreb. These take the form of masks, textiles, sculptures and paintings. Highlights include a Papua New Guinean painting, a Vanuatuan head-dress and a Hawaian chief's helmet. Possibly the museum's most famous item is the Chupicuaro statuette, from early Mexico. It also displays a large amount of Aboriginal and Maori artwork - and even actual Maori heads, which have seen the museum come under fire from New Zealand authorities in the recent past.

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