Musée du Quai Branly—Jacques Chirac

Opened in 2006, the Musée du Quai Branly—Jacques Chirac is one of the most comprehensive public institutions in Europe dedicated to the study, preservation and promotion of non-European arts and civilisations. In 2016 it incorporated the name of the former French president for his abiding respect for the art of indigenous cultures. The collections total some 370,000 objects, 700,000 iconographical pieces and more than 200,000 reference works originating in Africa, the Near East, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. Together they illustrate the richness and diversity of global civilisations from the Neolithic period to the 20th century.