Stephane Martin, director of the newly reopened Quai Branly Museum, discusses the Paris facility. It is called an ethnographic museum, providing possibilities to put on display numerous works and the cultures from which they come. The museum includes a study and research center, library, theater, and concert hall.
Stephane Martin is a judge in France's Cour des comptes, which supervises, among other things, the way public money is spent. With a diploma from Paris' Institute of Political Studies, Martin was named auditor for the Court in 1982 upon completion of his studies at the National School for Administration. Martin was then promoted to public auditor in 1986 and appointed chief auditor in September 2000. He is Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters, Commander of the Orders of the Lion and of Merit in Senegal and Officer of the Order of Merit (Poland).