Musée Dapper

The Musée Dapper is a museum specializing in African art. It is located in the XVIe arrondissement at 35 rue Paul Valéry, Paris, France, and open daily except Tuesdays; an admission fee is charged.

The museum opened in 1986, as an effort of the Olfert Dapper Foundation, and is named in honor of a Dutch humanist who in 1668 published an encyclopaedic description of Africa. In addition to its ongoing series of art exhibitions, the museum sponsors:

  • dance featuring choreographers including Josiane Antourel (Martinique), Tchekpo Dan Agbetou (Bénin) and Irène Tassembedo (Burkina Faso);
  • concerts featuring musicians such as Guem (Algeria/Niger), Ballaké Sissoko (Mali), Omar Sosa (Cuba), So Kalmery (DRC), Mariann Matheus (Guadeloupe), Jeff Baillard, and the group Xtrem’Jam (Martinique);
  • plays including Atterrissage (Kangni Alem), directed by Denis Mpunga, and Les Enfants de la mer, an adaptation by the Martinique playwright José Exélis of the work by Edwidge Danticat;
  • children’s shows (storytelling, circus, puppet shows), including Histoires du monde, performed by Naïf Théâtre, and Golotoé ou la gourde divine, by Danaye Kalanfeï;
  • and seminars.

See also

  • List of museums in Paris

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Chris Messina
11 May 2014
The RMCA has loaned 74 objects including many of its masterpieces to Musée Dapper for the ‘Initiés’ exhibit, which revolves around initiation rituals including birth, death, and coming of age.
Catherin Granja
4 February 2017
Everything there it's amazing, I loved a lot the African collection.
J-Lo
5 January 2011
Belle collection d'art africain, musée intimiste. Arrêtez-vous pour déjeuner, cadre très agréable et assiette à la hauteur.
Aurelie Leveau
4 July 2010
Gratuit le dernier mercredi du mois.
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Sat 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
Sun 11:00 AM–6:00 PM
Mon 8:00 AM–9:00 AM
Tue 8:00 AM–10:00 AM
Wed 8:00 AM–10:00 AM

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