http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/musee-du-quai-braly Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:52:58 -0400 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:52:58 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/210/every-place-in-the-world-on-the-same-level-examining-the-display-of-non-western-art-at-the-musee-du-quai-branly By Taylor L. Poulin - The Musée du Quai Branly opened under the long shadow of the Eiffel Tower in 2006 to spectacular criticism. Initiated primarily at the behest of then-President Jacques Chirac (b. 1932, held office from 1995-2007), the museum possesses an eclectic family tree, a complex history, and a controversial curatorial practice. Built to house the majority of France’s comprehensive collection of non-Western art, the museum stemmed not only from Chirac’s deep interest in non-Western art,[1] but has origins in two previously established museums and gallery spaces devoted as well to non-Western... Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/210/every-place-in-the-world-on-the-same-level-examining-the-display-of-non-western-art-at-the-musee-du-quai-branly