Due to its great public success and at the request of visitors, the exhibition “The Origins of the Caribbean: Taínos & Kalinagos”, designed by the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, has been extended until April 12, 2026.
This four-week extension has been made possible thanks to the cooperation of the 30 international museums, artists, and private collectors who loaned the works on display.
Saturday, March 14 at 2:00 pm: narrated visit (free activity, no reservation required)
Immerse yourself in the mythologies of the Taínos and Kalinagos through a tour where objects come to life. Carried by the storyteller’s voice, tales and legends weave around the works in the exhibition, revealing a different way of looking at the world and the meeting between cultures. A sensitive and lively experience, where oral memory dialogues with history.
Sunday, March 15 at 10:00 am: Two-voiced lecture (free activity, no reservation required)
“The Age of Myth among the Taínos”, by Henry Petitjean Roget, Doctor of Prehistory (La Sorbonne) specializing in the art and mythology of the indigenous peoples of the West Indies and former chief curator of the museums of Guadeloupe.
“History of archaeology in the French West Indies and Haiti in the 18th and 19th centuries”, by André Delpuech, general heritage curator and researcher at the Alexandre Koyré Center (EHESS – CNRS – MNHN). André Delpuech is the curator of the exhibition “The Origins of the Caribbean: Taínos & Kalinagos”.
