Museum · Paris · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Institut du Monde arabe is a museum in Paris, France. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 5 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 100 m you'll find a public toilet, a water point and a bench.
Audio tour · Institut du Monde arabe
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You're standing at the Institut du monde arabe, the Arab World Institute, in the fifth arrondissement of Paris, close to the Seine. The institute was founded in 1980 by France together with eighteen Arab countries, to research and share knowledge about the Arab world and its culture.
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Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
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Yes, according to OpenStreetMap it is wheelchair accessible.
Yes: a public toilet at 0 m and a water point at 50 m.
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