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Musée Carnavalet
A free museum of the history of Paris in two Marais mansions, from Roman canoes to Proust's bedroom.
- Open
- Tuesday to Sunday; closed Mondays
- Price
- Free; paid for special exhibitions
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- 23 Rue de Sévigné, 75003 ParisDirections
- Getting There
- Saint-Paul station (Metro line 1).
Why Go
Its rooms trace the city from prehistory to today, with shop signs, paintings, Revolution relics and whole rooms rebuilt from vanished mansions, including Marcel Proust's cork-lined bedroom.
The courtyard gardens are a quiet place to rest.
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