Quai Branly

"Georges Pompidou had his center. François Mitterrand left behind Pei's pyramid, the Bastille Opera and the new National Library. So Mr. Chirac's grand projet is this $300 million megamuseum-cum-cultural-center, aspiring, as he put it during the museum's inauguration, to the notion that "there is no hierarchy among the arts, just as there is no hierarchy among peoples." more

The Musee du quai Branly (opened June 2006) features indigenous art from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. The building was designed by architect Jean Nouvel. The "living wall" (200m long by 12m tall) on part of the exterior of the museum was designed and planted by Patrick Blanc.