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Mesopotamia, the land where irrigation and the earliest hydraulic infrastructure first developed, was transformed by these efforts to master water through artificial means. This exhibition explores their consequences, both positive and negative, and the environmental lessons we can draw from them today.

Mesopotamia, the land where irrigation and the earliest hydraulic infrastructure first developed, was transformed by these efforts to master water through artificial means. This exhibition explores their consequences, both positive and negative, and the environmental lessons we can draw from them today.

Inviting visitors to wander through the decorative arts galleries, ‘Affinities’ weaves a tale of great technical and aesthetic innovations in the Islamic world, as well as the fascination they engendered in Europe and in French art collections.

Mesopotamia, the land where irrigation and the earliest hydraulic infrastructure first developed, was transformed by these efforts to master water through artificial means. This exhibition explores their consequences, both positive and negative, and the environmental lessons we can draw from them today.

Inviting visitors to wander through the decorative arts galleries, ‘Affinities’ weaves a tale of great technical and aesthetic innovations in the Islamic world, as well as the fascination they engendered in Europe and in French art collections.

Mesopotamia, the land where irrigation and the earliest hydraulic infrastructure first developed, was transformed by these efforts to master water through artificial means. This exhibition explores their consequences, both positive and negative, and the environmental lessons we can draw from them today.

Inviting visitors to wander through the decorative arts galleries, ‘Affinities’ weaves a tale of great technical and aesthetic innovations in the Islamic world, as well as the fascination they engendered in Europe and in French art collections.

An exceptional exhibition of one hundred pieces of precious metalwork from the donation of Michel Lacoste. These varied artworks demonstrate the technical skill and refinement that characterised precious metalworks in France from the 16th to the 18th century.  

Mesopotamia, the land where irrigation and the earliest hydraulic infrastructure first developed, was transformed by these efforts to master water through artificial means. This exhibition explores their consequences, both positive and negative, and the environmental lessons we can draw from them today.

Inviting visitors to wander through the decorative arts galleries, ‘Affinities’ weaves a tale of great technical and aesthetic innovations in the Islamic world, as well as the fascination they engendered in Europe and in French art collections.

An exceptional exhibition of one hundred pieces of precious metalwork from the donation of Michel Lacoste. These varied artworks demonstrate the technical skill and refinement that characterised precious metalworks in France from the 16th to the 18th century.  

Mesopotamia, the land where irrigation and the earliest hydraulic infrastructure first developed, was transformed by these efforts to master water through artificial means. This exhibition explores their consequences, both positive and negative, and the environmental lessons we can draw from them today.

Inviting visitors to wander through the decorative arts galleries, ‘Affinities’ weaves a tale of great technical and aesthetic innovations in the Islamic world, as well as the fascination they engendered in Europe and in French art collections.

An exceptional exhibition of one hundred pieces of precious metalwork from the donation of Michel Lacoste. These varied artworks demonstrate the technical skill and refinement that characterised precious metalworks in France from the 16th to the 18th century.