☰Tjibaou Cultural Centre

Renzo Piano's 1998 masterpiece on the Tina Peninsula — ten tall wooden "cases" clustered along a ridge, each inspired by traditional Kanak chiefs' huts but open to the Pacific trade winds that pass through them with a whispering sound. Inside, galleries house one of the best collections of Kanak art and contemporary Pacific art anywhere in the world. The Chemin Kanak, a sculpted path through the surrounding gardens, lays out the creation myths of the Kanak people. Plan on half a day.