- Palais de la Porte Dorée
The Palais de la Porte Dorée is an exhibit hall located on the edge of the
Bois de Vincennes at 293, avenue Daumesnil,XIIe arrondissement ofParis ,France . It now houses theCité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration , as well as a fine tropical aquarium in its cellar.The building was constructed for the
Paris Colonial Exposition of 1931 to designs by French architectAlbert Laprade , and provides 16,000 m² of exhibition and office space. Externalbas-relief s (1200 m²) byAlfred Janniot portray ships, oceans, and wildlife includingantelope s,elephant s,zebra s, andsnake s.The Palais de la Porte Dorée has housed a succession of ethnological museums, starting with the colonial exhibition of 1931, which was renamed in 1935 the Musée de la France d’Outre-mer, then in 1960 the Musée des Arts africains et océaniens, and finally in 1990 the
Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie . In 2003 these collections were merged into theMusée du quai Branly , and in its place the building now houses theCité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration .The building's cellar is home to an excellent tropical
aquarium , which contains about 5,000 animals representing 350species in a variety of tanks ranging from 100 to 37,000 liters in size.See also
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List of museums in Paris References
* [http://www.histoire-immigration.fr/ Palais de la Porte Dorée - Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration]
* [http://www.aquarium-portedoree.fr/ Aquarium Tropical, Palais de la Porte Dorée]
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