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Second floor Practical Information
16 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois
75003. Map 14 D3. Tel 01 44 59 58
58. Closed for renovation until
2019. ∑ carnavalet.paris.fr
Transport
q St-Paul, Chemin Vert. @ 29, 69,
Convention Room 76, 96 to St-Paul, Pl des Vosges.
Georges Danton’s h Hôtel de Ville, Rue St-Antoine.
portrait is among
the memorabilia
of the Revolution.
First floor
Marie-Antoinette in
Mourning (1793)
Alexandre Kucharski painted
her at the Temple prison after
the execution of Louis XVI.

Fouquet
Jewellery
Boutique (1900)
The Art Nouveau
decor of this shop
from Rue Royale
is by A Mucha.
Sign
Galleries

Writers’ Rooms
Hôtel Le Peletier de
St-Fargeau
Key to Floorplan
. Ballroom of the Hôtel de Wendel
Prehistory to Gallo-Roman
The early 20th-century ballroom interior has been
Medieval Paris reconstructed. This immense mural depicts the
Renaissance Paris retinue of the Queen of Sheba and is by the Catalan
designer and painter José María Sert y Badia.
17th-century Paris
Louis XV’s Paris
Louis XVI’s Paris Gallery Guide
Revolutionary Paris The collection is mainly arranged chronologically. Hôtel Carnavalet
18th-century Paris covers the history of Paris up to 1789. The exhibits encompassing
the 17th century to the Revolution are on the first floor. In the Hôtel
19th century Le Peletier de St-Fargeau, the ground floor comprises the First and
20th century Second Empires, with the prehistory and Gallo-Roman departments
Temporary exhibitions in the Orangery; from the Second Empire to the present day is on
Non-exhibition space the first floor, and the second floor is devoted to the Revolution.

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