The Musée de la Publicité was a museum of

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history located in the

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's Rohan and Marsan wings,

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, at 107, rue de Rivoli,

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. The museum first opened in 1978 as the Musée de l’Affiche, and is now a department of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Works from the former museum are regularly displayed in temporary exhibitions.

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The museum focused on advertisements. It contained about 50,000 posters dating between the 18th century and World War II, with a further 50,000 posters dating from the 1950s to the present, over 20,000 film advertisements, more than 30,000

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and magazine advertisements, as well as radio advertisements and promotional items.

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Musée de la Publicité

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