WANGDA SHOWCASES is officially awarded with the museum showcase contract for Musée Gauguin in Polynésie française, to custom-build all the high-end, high-security and high-conservation museum grade showcases/vitrines.
Wtih the President of Polynesia French as the owner, the Paul Gauguin Museum (French: Musée Paul Gauguin) is a Japanese-styled art museum dedicated to the life and works of Paul Gauguin in Tahiti, French Polynesia. The Museum is closed for renovations – but the sister museum in Hiva Oa is open.
The museum is located at PK 51, 2 Papeari, Tahiti, directly across from the Botanical Gardens. French Polynesian and Marquesan cultural aspects are represented in its exhibits, which include original Paul Gauguin documents, photographs, reproductions, sculptures, engravings and gouaches. Also included and unseen in years are some of his sketches and block prints.[1]
On June 15, 1965, the Gauguin Museum opened at the Harrison Smith Botanical Garden.This building showcases over 350 works and the artist’s life in Polynesia.The remaining parts of the collection include replicas of his paintings and donations from international artists such as Crocq, Kijno, Mordvinoff, etc.Gilles Artur was appointed as the director of the Gauguin Museum and established the Friends of Gauguin Museum Association, which linked art sponsorship with the organization of cultural activities in the 1970s and 1980s.