[1] The museum was constructed on Nu'uroa Point, which was already a historic location having been the site of the Taputapuatea marae and where the first evangelical mission settled.

[5] In 2017 plans for renovation and redesign of the museum, drawn up by the architect Pierre-Jean Picart (fr), were approved.

[6] In 2021 the museum opened the temporary Tahiti ti'a Mai exhibition, which focussed on Tahitian celebrations, due to the COVID-19 pandemic ran digital workshops which engaged with over 3000 visitors.

[13] Significant objects in the collection include: a portrait of Pōmare IV painted by Charles Giraud;[14] a Mangarevan coconut-log mask;[15] historic examples of tapa;[16] adzes and coconut pounders;[9] breadfruit tools;[17] amongst others.

[18] In September 2019 the Director of the Musée du quai Branly, Emmanuel Kasarhérou, and the Minister for Culture in Polynesia, Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu, and the Director of Musée de Tahiti et des Îles, Miriama Bono, signed an agreement to ensure the return to Tahiti of the Maro'ura - a fragment of a chiefly belt made of tapa, that was born by chiefs and is considered a sacred object.