The Palais de la Porte Dorée (French pronunciation: [palɛ də la pɔʁt dɔʁe], literally Palace of the Golden Gate) is an exhibit hall located on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes at 293, avenue Daumesnil, 12th arrondissement of Paris, France.
External bas-reliefs (1200 m2) by sculptor Alfred Janniot portray ships, oceans, and wildlife including antelopes, elephants, zebras, and snakes.
[4][5] The Palais de la Porte Dorée has housed a succession of ethnological museums, starting with the colonial exhibition of 1931, which was renamed in 1935, the Musée de la France d'Outre-mer, then in 1960, the Musée des Arts africains et océaniens, and finally in 1990, the Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie.
In January 2012, the Public Establishment of the Palais de la Porte Dorée (EPPPD) was officially created by decree.
The building's cellar is home to the Dorée Tropical Aquarium (French: Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dorée), which contains about 5,000 animals representing 350 species in a variety of tanks ranging from 100 to 370,000 L (26 to 97,744 US gal) in size.