Carnavalet Museum: France

The vast Carnavalet Museum, devoted to the history of Paris, occupies two adjoining mansions. They include entire decorated rooms with panelling, furniture and many works of art.

The main building, The Hotel Carnavalet, was built as a town house in 1548 by Nicolas Dupuis. The 17th century Hotel le Peletier was added to the museum in 1989 to contain the larger part of the museum’s 20th century interiors.

Some particulary interesting exhibits are:
Madame de Sevigne’s Gallery;
The 20th century, Ballroom of the Hotel de Wendel;
The Charles Le Brun Ceiling and;
The Hotel d’Uzes Reception Room
Robespierre’s final Letter