After the bankruptcy of the bank Kahn in 1932 following the 1929 crisis, the property of Albert Kahn is seized in 1933. In 1936, it has gained, as well as the Archives of the Planet, by the prefecture of the Seine. ... Read more

The Conciergerie is the largest remnant of the old Palais de la Cité, which was the residence and seat of power of the kings of France, the tenth to fourteenth century and extended over the site covering the current Courthouse in ... Read more

The hotel National of the Invalides in Paris is a monument whose construction was ordered by Louis XIV by the order of 24 February 1670, to house his armies invalids. Located in the plain of Grenelle, then suburb of Paris, the ... Read more

At the top of the Champs-Elysees, the “Arc de Triomphe” is the most famous symbol of French history. More than fifty meters above the ground, the summit can dominate the Parisian life and contemplate the prospects urabaines world-famous Baron Haussmann. In 1806, ... Read more

The Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Museum of Decorative Arts), was inaugurated in Paris on May 29, 1905 in the Marsan wing of the Louvre palace. The museum presents a chronological offering a comprehensive overview of Decorative Arts of the Middle Ages to ... Read more

The National Centre for Art and Culture Georges Pompidou in the 4th arrondissement welcomes the public since 1977. It was born on the willingness of the President Georges Pompidou to create on the heart of Paris, a cultural institution devoted entirely original ... Read more

Jacques Kerchache, art dealer and specialist in African art, try the early 1990's to enter the "primitive arts" at the Louvre. In 1990 the same year, he met Jacques Chirac, then mayor of Paris. The latter passioned for primitive arts, was ... Read more

The hotel Carnavalet is raised from 1548 on a request from Jacques Ligneris, president of the Parliament of Paris at the time. The opening of the Carnavalet Museum takes place in 1880 and offers 400,000 years of history in Paris at the ... Read more

With the closure on 1 December 1780 of The Cemetery of the Innocents, Paris began to run out of places of burial. Napoleon Bonaparte, then consul, decreed that "every citizen has the right to be buried whatever race or religion." Brongniart responsible ... Read more

The museum's collection Cognacq-Jay was gathered between 1900 and 1925 by businessman Ernest Cognacq and his wife Marie-Louise Jay. The couple spent part of his fortune to buy works and objects of art, with a predilection for the eighteenth century french. ... Read more