Cite nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration

By parisian on 02/09/2010 in Attractions, Paris

Inside View of Cite nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration

The Cite nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration is a museum of immigration history located in the 12th arrondissement at 293, avenue Daumesnil, Paris, France. The nearest metro station is Porte Doree. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged.

The museum was conceived in 1989 by Algerian immigrant Zaïr Kedadouche, supported initially by historians including Pierre Milza and Gerard Noiriel, and established by President Jacques Chirac with a mission to “contribute to the recognition of the integration of immigrants into French society and advance the views and attitudes on immigration in France”. It opened without public ceremony in late 2007 under his successor, President Nicolas Sarkozy, amid political controversy in which eight of the twelve academics involved in the project resigned.

The museum, Cite nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration occupies the Palais de la Porte Doree, formerly the home of the Musee national des Arts d’Afrique et d’Oceanie, on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes. It contains over 1100 m² of exhibition space devoted primarily to the history and culture of immigration in France from the early nineteenth century to the present. A permanent installation, “Benchmarks”, contains interactive exhibits presenting immigrant stories in multimedia form. The museum’s collections are organized by three main themes: images including photography by Eugene Atget, Gerald Bloncourt, Robert Capa, Yves Jackson, Jean Jacques Pottier, etc., as well as prints, posters, drawings press, cartoons, comic books, audiovisual materials; objects of daily life; and works of art concerning immigration, territory, borders, and roots. The official site of the museum is histoire-immigration. (Text Source: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia)

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