The Jeu de Paume Museum was created in the 17th century in the Tuillerie Gardens in Paris, France. It was originally built as a tennis court, and later turned into an art and photography museum. In the late 18th century it became a warring point during the French Revolution. During World War II the Germans turned the museum into a storage unit for 22,000 pieces of stolen art, from other museums and Jews' homes.
When France regained the museum it was re-declared as a impressionist and post-impressionist museum. The museum then closed in 1986, and had its art transferred to the Musee d'Orsay, another museum in Paris, which today shows modern art, however in 1991 the French government reopened the Jeu de Paum Museum renaming it Galerie Nationale de l'Image and it would now be exhibiting the history of photography, videos, and multimedia art. It displays some great works of art like Rodger Parry, Edward Steichen, Joel Meyerowitz, and Daniel Boudinet.
When France regained the museum it was re-declared as a impressionist and post-impressionist museum. The museum then closed in 1986, and had its art transferred to the Musee d'Orsay, another museum in Paris, which today shows modern art, however in 1991 the French government reopened the Jeu de Paum Museum renaming it Galerie Nationale de l'Image and it would now be exhibiting the history of photography, videos, and multimedia art. It displays some great works of art like Rodger Parry, Edward Steichen, Joel Meyerowitz, and Daniel Boudinet.