RESOURCES

Find a selection of written and visual documents, and databases from the Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac and its partners. These resources contain the results of our collaborative and multidisciplinary work. 

Exhibitions

"1725. Native American Allies at the Court of Louis XV"

Resources and Archives for the
“1725: Native American Allies at the Court of Louis XV” Exhibition at Versailles (2025–2026)

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"Wampum. Beads of diplomacy"

Resources and Archives for the “Wampum” Exhibition in Paris (2022)

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Resources and Archives for the "Wampum" Exhibition at Ganondagan (2023)

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Resources and Archives for the “Wampum” Exhibition in Montreal (2023-2024)

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"An Inquisitive Prince"

Resources and Archives for the "An Inquisitive Prince" Exhibition at Versailles (2025)

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Publications

Articles 

Guided Tours

Maps

Croyan - Map of Lake Tracy, or Superior, Lake Illinois, Lake Hurons, and the Colbert River  Louis Jolliet

Map of Lake Tracy, or Superior, Lake Illinois, Lake Hurons, and the Colbert River
 Louis Jolliet

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croyan - Map of the New Discoveries made by the Jesuit Fathers... (1673)

Map of the Province of Louisiana, formerly known as Mississippi (c. 1740)
Jacques Marquette 

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Croyan - Map of Louisiana and the Course of the Mississippi River (1718)  Guillaume Delisle

Map of Louisiana and the Course of the Mississippi River (1718)
 Guillaume Delisle

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Croyan - Map of the Path between Mobile Post and the Choctaw Villages (1732) Louis Joseph Guillaume Régis du Roullet 

Map of the Path between Mobile Post and the Choctaw Villages (1732)
Louis Joseph Guillaume Régis du Roullet 

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Map of the Province of Louisiana, formerly known as Mississippi (c. 1740)
 Jean-François-Benjamin Dumont de Montigny

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Croyan - Map of the Province of Louisiana, formerly known as Mississippi (c. 1740) Jean-François-Benjamin Dumont de Montigny 

Map of the Province of Louisiana, formerly known as Mississippi (c. 1740)
Jean-François-Benjamin Dumont de Montigny

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Croyan - Western Part of New France, or Canada (1755) Jacques-Nicolas Bellin

Western Part of New France, or Canada (1755)
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin

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Painted Hides

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