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Bill Graham  > Events > Quai Branly Museum Opening - Paris
The Musee du Quai Branly opened 23 June and I was there. Ta da! Since much time was spent waiting to get in, some photos are of those waiting with me. And because photos of the interior exhibits, dedicated to arts and civilisations of Africa, Asia, Oceanie and the Americas, were off limits, I shot mostly exteriors. The view that most intrigued passers-by was the curatorial wing, outside the Museum proper, which was planted vertically with a great array of vegetation. How did they do it?
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Bill Graham > The museum is behind a wall of 2.5 cm glass to reduce sound from the busy Quai Branly. The first three days were free. Just as well because swarms of maintenance people dragging cables, and curatorial staff busily writing on clipboards, were everywhere.
Bill Graham > Pause "sunbath" for this tall woman waiting in line.
Bill Graham > View from Quai of boxes which, inside, feature special exhibits.
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Bill Graham > Quai Branly museum facade features colored boxes, each containing special interior exhibit spaces.
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Bill Graham > Mix of rounded "New York Guggenheim" style and long cantilevered exhibit spaces. Glass box offices.
Bill Graham > It appears that much of the museum rests on this single support. I'll bet a few engineers sweated blood over the calculations to make this happen.
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