Arab World Institute

The Institut du monde arabe is an organisation founded in in 1980 by France with 18 Arab countries to research and disseminate information about the Arab world and its cultural and spiritual values.
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+33 1 40 51 38 38
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday: closed
    Tuesday—Friday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Saturday—Sunday and public holidays: 10:00 AM—7:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: French cultural institute dedicated to the Arab world
  • Also known as: “IMA”, “Institut du monde arabe”, “Institut du Monde arabe”, and “Institut du monde arabe (France)”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Notre Dame de Paris and Île Saint-Louis.

Church
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, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the , in the , France. is situated 700 metres northwest of Arab World Institute.

Islet
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, eleven hectares in size, is one of two natural islands in the river, in , . is connected to the rest of Paris by four bridges to both banks of the river and to the Île de la Cité by the .

Bridge
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The is a bridge across the in Paris, France. In reality two separate bridges, carrying the Boulevard Henri IV, meet on the eastern tip of the in the . is situated 110 metres northeast of Arab World Institute.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 4th arrondissement and 5th arrondissement.

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The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.

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The of Paris is one of the best known of the city's central districts, located on the Left Bank of the river Seine. Also commonly known as the "Latin Quarter" because the first great Parisian university, the Sorbonne, was founded here and Latin was the language the medieval period students used once to speak.

Suburb
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The of Paris is a district in on the of the , around the . Located in the city's and the arrondissements, it is known for its concentration of universities.

Arab World Institute

Latitude
48.84892° or 48° 50′ 56″ north
Longitude
2.35722° or 2° 21′ 26″ east
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Levels
12
Height
32 metres (105 feet)
Open location code
8FW4R9X4+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22870791
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6955498
Wiki­data ID
Q860166
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Arab World Institute” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مبنى معهد العالم العربي”
  • Arabic: “معهد العالم العربي”
  • Armenian: “Արաբական աշխարհի ինստիտուտ”
  • Belarusian: “Інстытут арабскага свету”
  • Bengali: “ইনস্টিটিউট ডু মন্ডে আরব”
  • Catalan: “Institut del Món Àrab”
  • Chinese: “阿拉伯世界研究所”
  • Croatian: “Institut du monde arabe”
  • Czech: “Institut arabského světa”
  • Czech: “Institut du monde arabe”
  • Czech: “Institut du Monde Arabe”
  • Danish: “Arabiske Institut”
  • Danish: “Arabiske Kulturinstitut”
  • Danish: “Det Arabiske Institut”
  • Danish: “Det Arabiske Kulturinstitut”
  • Dutch: “Institut du Monde Arab”
  • Dutch: “Institut du monde arabe”
  • Dutch: “Instituut van de Arabische wereld”
  • Esperanto: “Instituto de la Araba Mondo”
  • Estonian: “Araabia Maailma Instituut”
  • Finnish: “Arabimaailman instituutti”
  • French: “Idma”
  • French: “IMA”
  • French: “Institut du monde arabe”
  • French: “INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE”
  • Galician: “Instituto do Mundo Árabe”
  • German: “IMA”
  • German: “Institut du monde arabe”
  • German: “Institut du Monde Arabe”
  • Hebrew: “מכון העולם הערבי”
  • Indonesian: “Institut du Monde Arabe”
  • Italian: “IMA”
  • Italian: “Institut du Monde Arabe”
  • Italian: “Istituto del mondo arabo”
  • Italian: “Istituto del Mondo Arabo”
  • Japanese: “アラブ世界研究所”
  • Kazakh: “Араб әлемінің институты”
  • Korean: “아랍 세계 연구소”
  • Korean: “아랍세계연구소”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Institut du monde arabe”
  • Norwegian: “Institut du monde arabe”
  • Polish: “Institut du monde arabe”
  • Portuguese: “IMA”
  • Portuguese: “Institut du monde arabe”
  • Portuguese: “Instituto do Mundo Árabe”
  • Russian: “Институт арабского мира”
  • Slovak: “Institut du monde arabe”
  • Slovak: “Institut du Monde Arabe”
  • Spanish: “Instituto del Mundo Arabe”
  • Spanish: “Instituto del Mundo Árabe”
  • Swedish: “Institut du monde arabe”
  • Turkish: “Arab World Institute”
  • Turkish: “Arap Dünyası Enstitüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Інститут арабського світу”
  • Ukrainian: “Паризький інститут арабського світу”
  • Urdu: “عالم عرب انسٹی ٹیوٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Institut du monde arabe”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện Thế giới Ả Rập”
  • Western Armenian: “Արաբական աշխարհի հիմնարկի շէնքը”

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