Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, Jacques Carlu and Léon Azéma designed the palace for the 1937 Exposition Internationale, replacing the Palais du Trocadéro of 1878. The article calls the style a classicizing moderne. Two wings curve in a wide arc, keeping the old wings with taller new sections in front. The two larger central pavilions are also original, encased in new construction. The old central hall and towers were demolished, leaving only the basement.
Quotations by Paul Valéry, sculptural groups and eight gilded figures on the Rights of Man terrace decorate it. The UN General Assembly met here in 1948 and adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10. NATO had temporary headquarters here from 1952 to 1959.
It houses the Musée national de la Marine, the Musée de l'Homme, the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine and the Théâtre national de Chaillot. The article gives no client, dimensions or visitor details.
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