For visitors to the Fondation Louis Vuitton art gallery or the Jardin d'Acclimatation children's theme park, it's impossible to miss. The construction site for the building set to replace the Musée National des Arts et Traditions Populaires has been a hive of activity for several years now, situated between the two LVMH sites in the Bois de Boulogne park in western Paris.

Since 2018, the former ethnological museum, which had fallen into disuse, has been undergoing major refurbishment work, estimated