Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac

This guide to the Musée du quai Branly in Paris traces the friendship between then-mayor Jacques Chirac and art dealer Jacques Kerchache, who argued in 1990 that African sculpture deserved to stand beside the Mona Lisa rather than sit in ethnography storerooms. It follows their fight against the cultural establishment, architect Jean Nouvel's design for the building that took their case, and the disputed treasures from the Kingdom of Danhomè that once sat here for over a century. Start at the living plant wall on the facade before heading in.