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Jeu de Paume National Gallery

The Jeu de Paume National Gallery, known as the Jeu de Paume, is a French national art centre dedicated to photography, film and contemporary image. It occupies a building constructed in 1861 to house courts for the game of jeu de paume, the forerunner of tennis, and later converted into an exhibition gallery. Following a thorough interior renovation in 1989 by architect Antoine Stinco, the space has around 1,180 square metres of exhibition area spread over three floors, with an atrium filled with natural light and upper-floor galleries lit by skylights. The museum stages temporary exhibitions of photography and media, such as 'Fragile Beauté', featuring photographs from the collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish, a film programme with festivals such as 'Perspectives – Asian Documentary Film', guided exhibition tours, family activities and courses on the history of photography. The building has a notable history: between 1940 and 1944 it was used by the Nazis to store artworks looted in France, and a plaque on its south wall honours the work of Rose Valland, who secretly catalogued those works. The museum is funded by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication and received more than 320,000 visitors in 2008.

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