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French state Archives – Paris

Manon Strubel — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:55:37 +0000

The Museum (Archives nationales de Paris) presents the history of French state archives with a selection of historical documents that made up the history of France. For example, it shows the last letter written by Marie Antoinette before her beheading and the Edit de Nantes.

Housed in the Hotel de Soubise and opened to the public in 1867, the “Archives nationales” museum was created by Léon de Laborde then general director of the archives of the Empire.

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Musée en herbe

Manon Strubel — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:23:11 +0000

A museum to visit with your family, for everyone from 3 to 103 years old ! It is a fun and educational place to discover art.

Exhibitions are regularly scheduled.

The Musée en Herbe has been located at 23 rue de l’Arbre-Sec – Paris 1st since February 2016.

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Police Museum

Manon Strubel — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:13:00 +0000

Organized by theme, the Police museum (Musée de la préfecture de Police ) traces the history of the Parisian police from the 17th century to the present day and highlights the evolution of various types of policing.

The Police museum is located on the third floor of the police station of the 5th district of Paris, Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Genevieve.

Entry to the museum is free.

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Museum of the History of Medicine

Manon Strubel — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 13:42:14 +0000

The museum, whose collections are the oldest in Europe (including chirurgical instruments dating back to the 18th century), is devoted to the history of medicine, medical progress and advances in the discipline.

It is housed in an old library of Paris-Descartes University dating from 1905, in the 6th district of Paris.

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Jewish art and history museum

Manon Strubel — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 19:38:01 +0000

With seven hundred artworks and objects, the permanent collection of the Jewish art and history museum proposes a history of the Jewish communities of Europe and the Mediterranean from the Middle Ages to today. The collections feature costumes, objects of worship, works of art, manuscripts, texts…

The museum is located in the beautiful Hotel Saint-Aignan built in the seventeenth century in the Marais district.

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Arab World Institute

Manon Strubel — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:54:09 +0000

Born of a partnership between France and the Arab League member states, the Arab World Institute (IMA) is an invitation to discover the Arab world and explore the diversity of its cultures, ethnicities, languages, and confessions, from its origins up to the present day.

Interesting exhibitions and events are scheduled regularly.

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Choco story Museum

Manon Strubel — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:46:12 +0000

Choco-Story, the gourmet chocolate museum (Paris 10th), traces the history of cocoa and chocolate over the centuries and across continents. The visit covers three stages, from the discovery of cocoa to the manufacture of modern chocolate.

A museum for gourmets of all ages !

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Smoker’s Museum

Manon Strubel — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:38:55 +0000

The Smoker’s Museum (Paris 11e) illustrates a practice which is still prevalent on all the world’s continents: smoking. The museum space presents on a human scale, objects, plants and works from all continents and eras including a dryer containing long tobacco leaves.

A portrait gallery shows the changing image of tobacco and smokers, both in culture and time.

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Freemasonry Museum

Manon Strubel — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 17:48:29 +0000

A museum worth discovering to better understand the history and culture of Freemasonry through a collection of objects and works of Masonic heritage.

Originally created in 1889 the museum is located in the headquarters of the Grand Orient of France.

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Fragonard Perfume Museum

Manon Strubel — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 17:25:11 +0000

Near the Opera, a new perfume museum (Paris 9th) opened in September 2015 in a beautiful space that in the nineteenth century housed the Eden theater as well as a bicycle carrousel…

The museum is accessible to individual visitors keen to discover all the secrets of perfume manufacturing.

Free guided tour.

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