French actor and antiques dealer, who created The Musée des Arts Forains - Collection Jean-Paul Favand, a private museum of funfair objects located in Paris. It opened to the public in 1996, and now contains a variety of objects dating between 1850-1950 including 14 amusement rides, 16 fair stalls and restored attractions, 18 sets of historical works, and 1522 independent works. The collections include merry-go-rounds and carousels, German swings, hundred-year-old bicycles, Japanese billiards, a Parisian Waiter Race and a Hooghuys Organ, and the grand vizier Ali Pasha. Link to Musée des Arts Forains - Collection Jean-Paul Favand Read less