During this time, Western Europe is a beautiful season with decorations to celebrate Christmas and New Year. I think that there are many people who usually visit Paris at the end of the year, but this year I am a little worried about terrorism. This is a story about searching for France in Chuo-ku. In Chuo-ku, there are few shops and facilities related to France, including Plantan Ginza, but today, one of them is MMM (Maison des Musées du Monde (Maison de Musées du Monde) in Ginza. I visited.
This is a cultural facility that DNP (Dainippon Printing) has been conducting as a cultural activity since 2003, providing information on museums (art galleries and museums) and displaying and selling official museum goods. Since 2013, we have been expanding our activities not only in France but also in Europe and the world, based on the concept of "living art and design around the world."
The location is near Suzuran Street on the west side of Chuo-dori and Kojunsha Street. Nearby is Kojunsha, which was established in 1880 by Keio founder Yukichi Fukuzawa as Japan's oldest social club, and has many restaurants. "Hamasaku" from Kansai Kappo cuisine, introduced by correspondent CAM in the Snow Series (7) (/archive/2015/12/post-2972.html) on December 26, is also next to it.
[Kojun Building] ⇒The facade of Kojunsha remains as part of the building.
At the entrance of the glass-walled building, Akachi has a stylish design with a signature of the three letters of MMM. 
I'll go inside. The first and second floors are museum shops, providing information on museums in Europe, mainly in Louvre and France, as well as exhibiting and selling museum goods. It's not a very large space, but there are French museums such as Louvre (Paris), Orsée (Paris), Versailles (Paris), Luxembourg Museum (Paris), Carvee Museum (Avignon), as well as the Clai Centre (Bern), the British Museum (London), the Tate Gallery (London), and the Vienna Museum of Fine Arts and Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna in the European Centre (Venna.
When you climb up to the third floor by elevator, you will be separated from the museum because of the art space, and there will be a special exhibition on the theme of graphic art and design. We were just holding the "Christmas Table Goods Special" (until December 25). I couldn't take photos, so I'm sorry that I couldn't tell the blog readers about it, but it was a relaxing exhibition that reflected the seasonal atmosphere.
Next, I will go to the MMM library on the first basement floor.
[MMM Library (1st basement floor)] ⇒This shooting has been approved by MMM.
While other spaces are exhibited and sold, this is a space where you can view exhibition catalogs of museums around the world and art-related materials stored by MMM. It seems to be useful to look at local art information before actually going to Paris or Europe, such as slowly looking at materials at the table or browsing multimedia software using a personal computer.
There is Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg) along the adjacent Kojunsha Street, but it is currently closed for renovation and is scheduled to open on April 15. 
This is not limited to Europe such as France, but it is a place to disseminate graphic design, but it seems that activities in cooperation with MMM will also be carried out when reopening.
【MMM（Maison des Musées du Monde）】
Location 7-7-4 Ginza, Chuo-ku, 104-0061, Japan (DNP Ginza Annex)
Phone: 03-3574-2380
Business hours From 11:00 to 19:00 (Sunday holiday)
Admission fee: Free of charge
