Collection size 580,000 objects Website Musée Carnavalet Phone +33 1 44 59 58 58 | Public transit access Saint-Paul Established December 1880 Director Jean-Marc Léri | |
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Location 23, rue de Sévigné,
75003 Paris, France Type History Museum, Art museum, Historic site Visitors 1,091,105 visitors (2010) Address 16 Rue des Francs Bourgeois, 75003 Paris, France Artwork Portrait of Juliette Recamier, A Musical Party Architectural styles Classical architecture, Renaissance architecture Architects François Mansart, Pierre Lescot, Pierre Bullet Similar Le Marais, Petit Palais, Musée Picasso, Place des Vosges, Musée national du Moyen Âge Profiles | ||
Return to paris part 4 carnavalet museum
The Carnavalet Museum in Paris is dedicated to the history of the city. The museum occupies two neighboring mansions: the Hôtel Carnavalet and the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau. On the advice of Baron Haussmann, the civil servant who transformed Paris in the latter half of the 19th century, the Hôtel Carnavalet was purchased by the Municipal Council of Paris in 1866; it was opened to the public in 1880. By the latter part of the 20th century, the museum was bursting at the seams. The Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau was annexed to the Carnavalet and opened to the public in 1989.
Contents
- Return to paris part 4 carnavalet museum
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- Collections
- Lutetia
- The Medieval city
- The Renaissance and Wars of Religion
- The French Revolution
- Paris Capital of the Nineteenth Century
- Paris in the twentieth century
- The present buildings
- References
Carnavalet Museum is one of the 14 City of Paris' Museums that have been incorporated since January 1, 2013 in the public institution Paris Musées. It's closed for renovation till the end of 2019.
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Collections
In the courtyard, a magnificent sculpture of Louis XIV, the Sun King, greets the visitor. Inside the museum, the exhibits show the transformation of the village of Lutèce, which was inhabited by the Parisii tribes, to the grand city of today with a population of 2,201,578.
The Carnavalet houses the following: about 2,600 paintings, 20,000 drawings, 300,000 engravings and 150,000 photographs, 2,000 modern sculptures and 800 pieces of furniture, thousands of ceramics, many decorations, models and reliefs, signs, thousands of coins, countless items, many of them souvenirs of famous characters, and thousands of archeological fragments. ... The period called Modern Time, which spans from the Renaissance until today, is known essentially by the vast amount of images of the city. ... There are many views of the streets and monuments of Paris from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, but there are also many portraits of characters who played a role in the history of the capital and works showing events which took place in Paris, especially the many revolutions which stirred the capital, as well as many scenes of the daily life in all the social classes.
Lutetia
The Medieval city
The Renaissance and Wars of Religion
The French Revolution
Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century
Paris in the twentieth century
The present buildings
In 1548, Jacques des Ligneris, President of the Parliament of Paris, ordered the construction of the mansion that came to be known as the Hôtel Carnavalet; construction was completed about 1560. In 1578, the widow of Francois de Kernevenoy, a Breton whose name was rendered in French as Carnavalet, purchased the building. In 1654, the mansion was bought by Claude Boislève, who commissioned the well-known architect, François Mansart, to make extensive renovations. Madame de Sévigné, famous for her letter-writing, lived in the Hôtel Carnavalet from 1677 until her death in 1696.
The Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau was also built in the middle of the 16th century. It was originally known as the Hôtel d’Orgeval. It was purchased by Michel Le Peletier and passed on eventually to his grandson, Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau was a representative of the nobility in the Estates-General of 1789. In 1793, Le Peletier voted for the execution of Louis XVI, and was murdered, in revenge for his vote, the same day of the execution of the king on January 20, 1793.