Bangladesh possesses an immensely important cultural heritage, this arising from the fact that the eastern half of Bengal has been one of the cultural richest regions of the Indian world; a vision far from the catastrophic one that the western world often tends to favour.

Benefiting from recent archaeological research helps us to show works from the Maurya period and go on until the 19th century. And thus we will retrace history whilst emphasising on a certain number of major sites. As a matter of fact, one of the characteristics of this heritage is that a lot of the pieces are well documented and enable us to situate the same in their precise historical and artistic context. The four great religions, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Islam that determine the history of Bangladesh will be duly represented.

Practical information

National Museum of Asian Art-Guimet
6, place d’Iéna
75016 Paris
Reception: 01 56 52 53 00

Opening hours
The museum is open every day (except Tuesday) from 10:00 to 18:00
The ticket desk closes at 17:30.

Getting to the museum
Metro: stations Iéna (closest) / Trocadéro / Boissière
Bus: numbers 63, 82, 32, 22 and 30
Underground parking is available on Avenue Kléber and Avenue George V (near the place de l’Alma).
Taxis: there is a taxi stand on Avenue d’Iéna in front of the museum.

Ticket prices
Acces to permanent collections: FR 6,50 €, RF 4,50 €
Access to temporary exhibition: FR 7 €, RF 5 €
Access to permanent collections and temporary exhibition: FR 8,50 €, RF 6 €
Free admission for young people under 18, handicapped persons, and journalists.
The permanent collections admission is free to all on the first Sunday of every month
Reduced fares for students under 26.

For further information, you can visit the following webite: Musee Guimet.