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The Paul Gauguin Museum (French: Musée Paul Gauguin) is a Japanese-styled art museum dedicated to the life and works of Paul Gauguin in Tahiti, French Polynesia. The Museum is closed for renovations - but the sister museum in Hiva Oa is open.

Paul Gauguin Museum

Musée Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin Museum (Tahiti)
Established	June 15, 1965 (1965-06-15)
Location	Tahiti, French Polynesia
Coordinates	17.7307°S 149.3322°W / -17.7307; -149.3322
Type	Art museum
Website	Petites histoires du Musée Gauguin de Tahiti — (in French)

The museum is located at PK 51, 2 Papeari, Tahiti, directly across from the Botanical Gardens. French Polynesian and Marquesan cultural aspects are represented in its exhibits, which include original Paul Gauguin documents, photographs, reproductions, sculptures, engravings and gouaches. Also included and unseen in years are some of his sketches and block prints.[1]

Original paintings of Tahiti and Moorea by Englishwoman Constance Gordon-Cumming are also on display.^{[citation needed]} Items for sale include reproductions of Gauguin's works, Cumming's paintings and works by Tahitian artists.

The museum closed in 2013.[1]

See also

• Paul Gauguin Cultural Center
• List of single-artist museums

References

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