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French:
Musée Guimet
Date:
1884 - present
Areas Of Involvement:
Art
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Guimet Museum

museum, Paris, France
Also known as: Musée Guimet
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History

Guimet Museum, museum in Paris, housing art collections from all parts of Asia. The original collection was begun in Lyon, Fr., in 1879 by Émile Guimet, donated to France in 1884, and moved to Paris in 1888. In 1945 the collections in Oriental art in the Louvre were transferred to the Guimet, and it was established as the Department of Asiatic Arts of the Louvre Museum. The library includes works on Asian religion and philosophy as well as art.