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The Dapper Foundation was originally established in 1983 in
Amsterdam and opened as a museum in 1986 in Paris by
showing only around two to three African art exhibitions each year and is dedicated to the
preservation of pre-colonial African art.
The architect Alain Moatti designed the Musee Dapper. It exhibits visual and
performing arts from Africa, African-American communities, The Caribbean, along with other
artists of African origin, such as those from Latin-America.
The museum continues to strive to obtain works from the pre-colonial African period, which
include, but is not limited to, paintings and objets d'art and this allows the visitors to
discover the wonderful richness of Africa's past through mediums such as music, dance,
theatre, art, photography etc.
The entrance has been beautifully designed in warm colours and leads the visitor over an
authentic boat gangway, made of wood, which is suspended above an open basement that has a
cafe and bookshop.
You will feel like you are stepping out of one extreme of civilisation into another, which
was the whole idea of the renovation, with every sculpture and object flooded with special
lighting to enhance the experience further.
But as well as promoting the arts of Africa, the Musee Dapper has now been extended to
cover other cultural aspects of the African Continent, such as when they provided an
exhibition on animals.
For students, researchers and historians, this is a place you will love as there is a
library that contains over five thousand books, magazines, pictures and more.
Whereas the younger generation, especially children from the age of 9 upwards can enjoy
story-telling sessions on a Wednesday, or every day of the week during school holiday
times.
Yet one of the most innovative ideas put into this museum was the new space, which is a
wood-panelled performance hall with 190 seats, that allow for presentations and
conferences and is a perfect setting for lively displays of music, theatre and dance.
The Musee Dapper also holds workshops for children, especially catering for the nine to
twelve year old.
This fascinating museum is open every day of the week except for Tuesdays from 11am
through to 7pm and has on average two different exhibitions each year.
Address & Contact Details:
35 Rue Paul Valéry
75116
Paris
France
Telephone: 1 45 00 91 75
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