Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Musée de l'Homme, Paris
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Description area
Dates of existence
1937 -
History
The Musée de l'Homme is an anthropology museum in Paris, France. It was established in 1937 by Paul Rivet for the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne. It is the descendant of the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, founded in 1878.