Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires (France)

{{Short description|Museum in Paris, France, 1937–2005}}

{{Short description|Museum in Paris, France, 1937–2005}}

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The '''Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires''' was a museum of the popular arts and traditions of France. It was located in a building at 6, avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, [[Paris]], [[France]], which was closed to the public in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dans le musée fermé, 100 agents payés pendant sept ans... à ne pas faire grand chose|url=http://www.metronews.fr/paris/dans-le-musee-ferme-100-agents-payes-pendant-7-ans-a-ne-pas-faire-grand-chose/mobl!QlBn5AQ1W2QTY/|publisher=Metro News|accessdate=5 July 2016|language=fr|date=December 2, 2015}}</ref> Its collections were transferred to the [[Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations|Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée]] in [[Marseilles]].

The '''Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires''' was a museum of the popular arts and traditions of France. It was located in a building at 6, avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, [[Paris]], [[France]], which was closed to the public in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dans le musée fermé, 100 agents payés pendant sept ans... à ne pas faire grand chose|url=http://www.metronews.fr/paris/dans-le-musee-ferme-100-agents-payes-pendant-7-ans-a-ne-pas-faire-grand-chose/mobl!QlBn5AQ1W2QTY/|publisher=Metro News|accessdate=5 July 2016|language=fr|date=December 2, 2015}}</ref> Its collections were transferred to the [[Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations|Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée]] in [[Marseille]].

The museum was created in 1937 by [[Georges-Henri Rivière]] as the French section of the [[Trocadéro, Paris|Trocadéro]]'s [[Musée de l'Homme]], in the basement of which it was open in 1951. In 1969 it moved to its own building, designed by architect [[Jean Dubuisson]] and set beside the [[Jardin d'Acclimatation]] (Porte des Sablons) in the [[Bois de Boulogne]]. Over the years its initial focus on traditional agricultural France broadened to include contemporary [[urban culture]] and popular entertainment (notably [[circus]]) with collections of French [[crafts]] and [[peasant]] civilisation, home furniture, agricultural tools, industrial and artisanal items, photographs and printed materials, and costumes.

The museum was created in 1937 by [[Georges-Henri Rivière]] as the French section of the [[Trocadéro, Paris|Trocadéro]]'s [[Musée de l'Homme]], in the basement of which it was open in 1951. In 1969 it moved to its own building, designed by architect [[Jean Dubuisson]] and set beside the [[Jardin d'Acclimatation]] (Porte des Sablons) in the [[Bois de Boulogne]]. Over the years its initial focus on traditional agricultural France broadened to include contemporary [[urban culture]] and popular entertainment (notably [[circus]]) with collections of French [[crafts]] and [[peasant]] civilisation, home furniture, agricultural tools, industrial and artisanal items, photographs and printed materials, and costumes.