THE AFRICAN MUSEUM
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We known it a little, but Africa has its house in Lyon! Africa, a remote and wild land that we, Western people, look at it with stereotype and ignorance, largely deserves that we discover its people, their cultures, their customs, their stories, to widen our horizons blocked by our prejudices. The African Museum, founded in 1863 by the "Society of African Missions" exhibits in a magical setting a collection of objects which richness is above suspicion. Craft works of a shivering beauty, telling us the daily life, the social life and the religious life of the West African countries and the gulf of Guinea. On three floors and nearly 750 m² of exhibition, you will discover beautiful objects, statuettes, jewellery, pottery, fabrics, masks which tell a story, and always mean something specific that is carefully explained to us. At the African Museum, the spectators entirely participates in understanding the surrounding world. African people are closer to a part of their roots, Lyon inhabitants and other visitors go on another world. More than a simple visit, the African Museum invites us for a journey.
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L'entrée est vraiment pas cher, un lieu incontournable si vous êtes de passage à Lyon.