Jean Paul Favand

Founder of the Musée des Arts Forains (Fairground Art Museum)

Jean Paul Favand’s interest for curiosities led him to create the “Musée des Arts Forains” in Paris where he reunited heritage from the performing and fairground arts of the 19th century. Following the path of 1900s showmen who used techniques inherited from the Industrial Revolution, Jean Paul Favand is turned toward the future using the latest technological innovations to give life to his objects. He created an innovating museography and a lively museum mixing tradition and modernity, reality and virtual. This specific approach is developed through his work as a plastic and digital artist.