THE GUIDE MUSEUMS 2016


Mementos from France’s 1998 World Cup win, the first and only in its history. France won on its home turf, with the final taking place in the Stade de France against Brazil


every major sport they take part in. Housed inside Nice’s giant Stade Allianz Riviera, the Musée National du Sport celebrates this athletic excellence with more than 45,000 items of sporting equipment, clothing, trophies, mascots, posters, paintings and fi lms on glorious display, plus more than 400,000 documents. “There are the bicycles of cycling legends, there are footballs, rackets, vintage skis, tracksuits and outfi ts that belonged to some of the most


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famous sports people,” the museum explains. “We tell the story of sport from ancient times to modern day.” www.museedusport.fr


Musée Départemental Breton 29000 Quimper Britanny’s far western department, Finistère, is an intriguing place of wild coastline, storm-battered lighthouses and Celtic traditions. Its culture and history is displayed in all its glory at the Musée


Départemental Breton, in Quimper’s episcopal palace. Here you’ll fi nd everything from Gallo-Roman jewellery and pottery to traditional Breton costumes and artworks from all eras of Britanny’s history. www.museedepartementalbreton.fr


Palais Galliera 75116 Paris


Parisians are generally regarded as being among the most stylish dressers in all of Europe. It is only appropriate, then, that the


very fashionable 16th


arrondissement should be home to Palais Galliera – aka the City of Paris Museum of Fashion. The museum holds plenty of collections in stock, including 18th-century dresses, 19th- century costumes, haute couture and undergarments, but unfortunately there are no permanent exhibitions on display, only temporary ones, with the museum being closed between shows. www.palaisgalliera.paris.fr FT


IMAGE © MUSÉE NATIONAL DU SPORT


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