Guimet Museum
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museum in Paris, France
Key facts
- Established
- 1879 ; 147 years ago ( 1879 )
- Location
- 6, Place d'Iéna, 16th arrondissement of Paris
- Type
- Asian art
- Website
- www .guimet .fr /en
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Award
- musée de France
- Country
- France
- Located in
- 16th arrondissement of Paris
- Area
- 4005
- Founded by
- Émile Étienne Guimet
- Genre
- Asian art
- Official website
- www.guimet.fr
- Image
- Musee Guimet en 2013 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Musée Guimet
- visitors per year
- 253223
- Commons Institution page
- Musée Guimet
- inception
- 1889-00-00
- native label
- Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet
- date of official opening
- 1889-00-00
- P6413
- Guimet Museum
- has works in the collection
- National Museum of World Cultures
- social media followers
- 51620
- sponsor
- EVA Air
- activity policy in this place
- smoking ban
- phone number
- +33-1-56-52-53-00
- Commons gallery
- Musée Guimet
- number of viewers/listeners
- 731896
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The Guimet Museum (full name in French: Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet, MNAAG; abbr. Musée Guimet, [myze ɡimɛ]) is a Parisian art museum with one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Asian art outside of Asia which includes items from Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Tibet, India, and Nepal, among other countries.
Founded in the late 19th century, it is located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, at 6, Place d'Iéna. Its name literally translated into English is the National Museum of Asian Arts-Guimet, or Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guimet Museum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.