Musée de Tahiti et des Îles
Location within Tahiti | |
Established | 1974 |
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Location | Puna'auia, Tahiti |
Type | Ethnographic museum |
Website | www |
The Musée de Tahiti et des Îles ("Museum of Tahiti and the Islands"), Tahitian Te Fare Manaha ("the Museum"), is a Polynesian ethnographic museum in the village of Puna'auia on Tahiti.
The museum was founded in 1974 to conserve and restore Polynesian artifacts and cultural practices. It has signed cooperation agreements with the Musée du quai Branly,[1] which has greater resources for staging public expositions.
References[]
- ^ "La coopération territoriale" (PDF). Musée du quai Branly: Rapport d'activité 2006. Musée du quai Branly. p. 72. Retrieved 14 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- Official site (in French)
Coordinates: 17°37′56″S 149°36′50″W / 17.6323°S 149.6139°W
Categories:
- Museums in Tahiti
- Ethnographic museums
- Museums established in 1974
- 1974 establishments in French Polynesia
- French Polynesia stubs
- Oceanian museum stubs