In France there was no legal segregation based on race (besides a little bit during WWII) but they consider themselves a society that doesn’t pay attention to race – i.e they don’t collect that information from people.
Native American and African objects (Ethnographic objects) are now being promoted as art objects.
This museum has one of the most spectacular views of the Eiffel Tower.
The Musee de L’Homme is like a parent/mother to the Museum of Natural History. When it was first made, the pieces were arranged in a more artsy manner instead of being organized. Now it’s far more organized, labeled well, and a more scientific and modern organization.
The modernist movement began in Paris with Picasso’s paintings, inspired by African masks.
Surprisingly, there’s a whole physical anthropology section, including a “race gallery” with skulls of people of particular races.
It’s really interesting how important the arrangement of a display is. Like the one with the brass models. You can sell a particular message just by the placement of objects.
It’s funny that people continue to try to use pseudo science to defend their person (racist) beliefs.
As a scientist, why is it hard to let go of flawed hypotheses?