Institut du Monde arabe

• Spectacular architecture, fine exhibits, good bookstore

  L'Institut du Monde arabe (The Arab World Institute) is one of Jean Nouvel's masterpieces that is not to be missed. The entire southern facade is a high-tech interpretation of a Moorish ... more

  by Thomas R. Washington from New York, NY 11/23/04

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• Institut du Monde arabe - 10 reviews, 9 pictures

  Museum dedicated to the art and Arab and Islamic civilisation from its origins to the present day. Several objets d'art, Koranic calligraphy, miniatures, collection of contemporary Arab art. In ... more

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• Institut du Monde Arabe

  Architecturally striking, the Institute of Arabic Culture is easily identifiable from across the Seine. Looking down from Notre Dame, or across from the Ile St.-Louis, you notice this one curvy ... more

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