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  "path": "/places/albert-kahn-museum",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-17T16:00:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "photography",
    "gardens",
    "The Archives of the Planet",
    "Crash of 1929"
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  "textContent": "Albert Kahn**** was a French banker and philanthropist, known for initiating  _The Archives of the Planet_ , a vast photographical project. Spanning 22 years, it resulted in a collection of 72,000 colour photographs and 183,000 meter of film, visible inside the Departmental museum.\n\nOutside, you can visit The Gardens of the World (French:  _Les Jardins du Monde_) a unique garden Kahn created in 1893, containing a variety of garden styles including English, Japonese, a rose garden and a conifer wood. This became a meeting place for French and European intelligentsia until the 1930s when, due to the Crash of 1929, Kahn became bankrupt.",
  "title": "Albert Kahn Museum in Boulogne-Billancourt, France"
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