Musée Nissim de Camondo, Decorative arts museum in 8th arrondissement, France
Musée Nissim de Camondo is an art museum in a townhouse near Parc Monceau in the eighth arrondissement of Paris. Three floors display furniture, tapestries, porcelain and elaborate carpets from the time of Louis the Sixteenth.
Moïse de Camondo had architect René Sergent build this house from 1911 to 1914, replacing his parents' hôtel Violet, demolished in 1911 except for the street building. Inspired by the Petit Trianon at Versailles, it was bequeathed at his death in 1935 to the Union centrale des arts décoratifs, not to the state, and opened as a museum in December 1936 in memory of his son Nissim, a pilot shot down on 5 September 1917.
The name honors Nissim de Camondo, an aviator killed in the First World War, whose father left the house and its collections to the French arts community. The rooms show how a wealthy Parisian family lived in the early 20th century and valued old crafts.
The museum closed in August 2024 for safety and electrical works, and reopening is now announced for the beginning of 2030 after roof and facade problems widened the project. The nearest Métro stops are Villiers and Monceau on Line 2. When it reopens, three floors and the garden are to be visited.
The kitchen in the lower floor with its copper pots, work surfaces and storage shelves still looks like an active workspace from before the war. Several rooms give insight into the daily life of the household staff who worked here.
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