The Guimet Museum and its Friends - 100 years of common history

FRENCH LANGUAGE

The centenary exhibition at the Musée Guimet from 7 June to 4 September 2023 outlines the relationship between the Musée Guimet and the Société des Amis, evoking some of its key figures: Sanskritist Émile Senart (1847-1928), financier David David-Weill (1871-1952), explorer and Tibetologist...

FRENCH LANGUAGE

The centenary exhibition at the Musée Guimet from 7 June to 4 September 2023 outlines the relationship between the Musée Guimet and the Société des Amis, evoking some of its key figures: Sanskritist Émile Senart (1847-1928), financier David David-Weill (1871-1952), explorer and Tibetologist Jacques Bacot (1877-1965) and archaeologist and sinologist Paul Pelliot (1878-1945). It also highlights the high points of its role in supporting the institution: during the Second World War and during the unrest that plunged Cambodia into chaos (1970-1975). Since then, the SAMG has also spread, notably to the United States, with the American Friends of Guimet Museum, and as far afield as Hong Kong.

Exhibition at the Musée Guimet from 7 June to 4 September 2023

French language
312 pages

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