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Guimet Museum

musée national des Arts asiatiques - Guimet

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The National Museum of Asian Arts, commonly known as the Guimet Museum, is a museum of Asian arts located in Paris, 6 Place d'Iéna, in the 16th arrondissement. It was inaugurated in 1889 as the Museum of Religions. It has been a public administrative institution since December 26, 2003.

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Founded on the initiative of the Lyon industrialist and collector Émile Guimet (1836-1918) for the permanent presentation of his collection — previously preserved at the former Guimet Museum (1879) in Lyon — the Guimet Museum of Paris occupies a building specially built for this purpose from 1888 to 1889 by architect Charles Terrier. From 1994 to 2001, a complete restructuring-renovation was carried out by architects Henri and Bruno Gaudin. Today, it presents one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world.

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The façade, roofs and library were listed as historical monuments by an order of 11 July 1979.

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