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Inauguration of the Quai Branly Museum

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Aboriginal art at the Musee du Quai Branley

June 2007 - UNESCO will be associated with the events organized on the occasion of the opening of Musée du Quai Branly, Paris's new museum devoted to arts and civilizations from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas.

A series of private visits and receptions will be organized during the three-day inauguration.

French President Jacques Chirac will inaugurated the musuem on Tuesday, 20 June. The following day (Wednesday 21 June), the museum will host "Encounters", an event that will bring together 400 guests, including heads of institutions devoted to heritage and research, representatives from indigenous communities, artists and writers from five continents…
Participants, including an official representative of UNESCO's Director-General, will take part in eight round tables focusing on the following themes:

the art object and the ethnographical artefact, modernity and tradition in contemporary creation issues concerning object ownership, the museum and beliefs associated with artefacts, safeguarding and transmitting intangible heritages,

the roles of museums for today's communities international cooperation, authenticity of artefacts. These discussions will be followed by a general debate led by sociologist Bruno Latour along with the round-table moderators.

On Friday, 23 June, the museum building (located on Rue de la Université near the Eiffel Tower) and an exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal artists displayed on three floors, will be inaugurated by the Ambassador of Australia. On the same day, the museum will be officially open to the public.

Source: UNESCO

Further information: aboriginal art issues page - includes news index and external links

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