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Musée De Tahiti Et Des Îles
The Musée de Tahiti et des Îles ("Museum of Tahiti and the Islands"), Tahitian Te Fare Manaha ("the Museum"), is the national museum of French Polynesia, located in Puna'auia, Tahiti. History The museum was founded in 1974 to conserve and restore Polynesian artefacts and cultural practices. The museum was constructed on Nu'uroa Point, which was already a historic location having been the site of the Taputapuatea marae and where the first evangelical mission settled. It has signed cooperation agreements with the Musée du quai Branly. The museum established a library in 1980. In 2016 photovoltaic panels were installed on the roof of museum in order to generate its own electricity supply. In 2017 plans for renovation and redesign of the museum, drawn up by the architect Pierre-Jean Picart ( fr), were approved. The museum closed to the public in 2019 and is due to re-open in August 2022 with re-developed galleries. Engagement In 2021 the museum opened the temporary Tahiti t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puna'auia
Punaauia is a commune in France, commune in the suburbs of Pape'ete, Papeete in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Punaauia is located on the island of Tahiti, in the French Polynesia#Administrative divisions, administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands (Society Islands), Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands.Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française Légifrance In the late 1890s, the French painter Paul Gauguin lived in Punaauia. Here he painted his masterpiece ''Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?''. The commune borders Fa'a'a, Faaā on the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bennet (missionary)
George Bennet (16 April 1774 – 13 November 1841) was an English missionary from Sheffield, Yorkshire. He travelled widely in Asia. Life Bennet was a Congregationalist organiser in Sheffield. In 1821 he set out with Daniel Tyerman, supported financially by the London Missionary Society. They travelled together to China, Southeast Asia, and India. Bennet stopped in Macau during his Pacific voyage. He was impressed by the garden and aviary of opium trader Thomas Beale, devoting 45 pages of his travelogue to them. Bennet and Tyerman made an extended stay in Tahiti, and Bennet's letters from there were published in the '' Sheffield Iris'' by James Montgomery. Tyerman died in Madagascar, where they had set up missions with the support of King Radama I. After his voyage Bennet gave historical artifacts that he had collected to the London Natural History Museum. He died in London on 13 November 1841. He is buried with an inscribed monument in his memory in Sheffield General Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Lavondes
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in th''Behind the Name'' databaseand th"Anne"an"Ane"entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France ( Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: . As a feminine name Anne * Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary * Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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