Carnavalet Museum
The Musée Carnavalet—officially the Musée Carnavalet, sometimes called the Carnavalet Museum—centres on one simple idea: Paris tells its own story through rooms, objects, and paintings. Its core is the Hôtel Carnavalet, a 16th-century townhouse. The land was bought in 1544 by Jacques de Ligneris, and architects Pierre Lescot and Jean Goujon began the commission before being reassigned in 1548 to the Louvre’s new project; the house was completed around 1560. On the advice of Baron Haussmann, the Hôtel Carnavalet was purchased by the Municipal Council of Paris in 1866, then opened to the public in 1880. By the late 20th century it had filled its capacity, so the museum annexed the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau, opening it to visitors in 1989. …
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