Museum of Street Art

Museum of Street Art

The Museum of Street Art is a private museum located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, primarily dedicated to collecting and displaying items from amusement parks and funfairs — a type of museum rarely found elsewhere. It was established by Jean-Paul Favand, an actor and antiques dealer, who created the museum to house his personal collection. The museum opened to the public in 1996.

Today, the museum houses a diverse collection of mechanical rides dating from 1850 to 1950, including 16 stalls and reconstructed attractions, 18 sets of historic fairground equipment, and 1,522 individual ride items. Its collection features carousels, German swings, century-old bicycles, Japanese billiard tables, and more. The museum’s exhibitions are divided into two parts: permanent and temporary displays. The permanent exhibits are spread across three rooms, each spanning 2,000 square meters, with each room centered around a specific theme: the Venice Salon, the Marvelous Theater, and the Museum of Fairground Art. The temporary exhibition space covers 150 square meters and frequently hosts various forms of fairground-related exhibitions.

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Why Go: Paris’s most unique museum of street art

Continent: Europe【Europe】

Country/Region: France[France]

Province/State: Île-de-France Region [Ile-de-France Region]

City: Paris [Paris]