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The Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris is committed to working with teachers and activity leaders to make visiting the museum a privileged opportunity for learning and sharing. As part of this, the Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris offers training, get-togethers and resources to...

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For your comfort, the Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris offers a range of services to help you enjoy your visit. At the museum reception, a museum representative can provide information and give advice on the latest museum news, its services and...

History

The Carnavalet-History of Paris Museum is the oldest City of Paris museum.It opened to the public on February 25, 1880, in the Carnavalet mansion (Hôtel Carnavalet) located in the Marais, a Paris district where the architectural heritage was particularly well-preserved.  Since 1880, the

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Décoration du cabinet doré de l'hôtel La Rivière

After training with the great masters in Paris and Rome, Charles Le Brun received a number of prestigious Parisian commissions. His facility for invention, which took in all the arts, made him a specialist in ambitious decors. In 1652, he was entrusted with decorating the mansion belonging to...

The Bastille, in the early days of its demolition

In the collective imagination, the Bastille state prison symbolized absolutism and the monarchy. Until 1785, signet letters from the king allowed imprisoning without judgment anyone who displeased royal power. On the day following the Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, its demolition was...

The Tennis Court Oath, June 20, 1789. Sketch

An emblematic work of the revolutionary period, this historical representation represents a key moment in 1789, the “peerless year”. Although the Estates General had been meeting at Versailles ever since being convened on May 5, debate had ground to a halt on the key issue of deliberation by...

Portrait de Juliette Récamier, née Bernard (1777-1849).

A model and a muse, as well as a patroness and collector, Juliette Récamier was one of the most frequently painted women of her time. She and her husband, the banker Jacques-Rose Récamier, installed themselves in the Chaussée-d’Antin neighborhood and opted for modernity by convoking the most...

Au café, dit l'Absinthe

The genre scenes by Jean Béraud provide a delicate portrait of Parisian society. These compositions are a veritable urban chronicle made from on-the-spot sketches. They describe daily life in Paris at the turn of the twentieth century—on the boulevards, in cafés and theaters, along elegant...