Musée Dapper was a French museum specializing in
Africa
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n art. It was opened in May 1986,
and closed on 18 June 2017. The Dapper Foundation is still located at the same premises in the
16th arrondissement of Paris
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The arrondissement includes part of the Arc de T ...
at 35 rue Paul Valéry,
Paris
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,
France
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.
Background
The museum opened in 1986, as an effort of the
Olfert Dapper
Olfert Dapper (January 1636 – 29 December 1689) was a Dutch physician and writer. He wrote books about world history and geography, although he never travelled outside the Netherlands.
Biography
Olfert Dapper was born in early 1636 in the ...
Foundation, and was named in honour of a Dutch humanist who in 1668 published an encyclopaedic description of Africa. In addition to a series of art exhibitions, the museum sponsored:
* dance featuring
choreographer
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...
s including Josiane Antourel (Martinique), Tchekpo Dan Agbetou (Bénin) and Irène Tassembedo (Burkina Faso);
* concerts featuring musicians such as Guem (Algeria/Niger),
Ballaké Sissoko
Ballaké Sissoko (born 1968) is a Malian player of the kora. He has worked with Toumani Diabaté and Taj Mahal, and is a member of the group 3MA with Driss El Maloumi and Rajery.
Biography
Ballaké's father, Djelimady Sissoko, was a notable musi ...
(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
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;
* 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
There are around 130 museums in Paris, France, within city limits. This list also includes suburban museums within the "Grand Paris" area, such as the Air and Space Museum.
The sixteen museums of the City of Paris are annotated with "VP", as well ...
References
Musée Dapper
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Art museums and galleries in Paris
African art museums
Art museums established in 1986
1986 establishments in France
Buildings and structures in the 16th arrondissement of Paris