Musée de la nacre et de la tabletterie, Museum of mother-of-pearl and tablet craft in Méru, Oise, France

The Musée de la nacre et de la tabletterie occupies the former Dégremont tabletterie factory in Méru, a two-storey red-brick building whose facade has twelve tall arched windows between thin pilasters. A flat central bay holds glass doors in dark framing, with a black banner reading "Musée de la Nacre et de la Tabletterie" and a brick chimney stack above. It opened on 22 May 1999.

From the 17th century, farmers in the region worked with mother-of-pearl, horn, bone, and wood during winter months to supply the Paris market. Over generations, this craft grew into a significant industry that defined the local economy and skill.

Méru earned the nickname "world capital of the mother-of-pearl button" from the button industry that grew alongside tabletterie to supply haute couture and ready-to-wear markets worldwide. The museum keeps that memory: the last local firm, Établissements Mercier, continues a history the collection sets out to perpetuate.

The museum occupies the former Dégremont tabletterie factory in Méru, in the southern Oise. It opened on 22 May 1999 and holds the musée de France label. The red-brick facade with twelve arched windows and a tall chimney is visible from the street; the entrance with the black banner sits in the flat central bay.

The museum opened on 22 May 1999, ninety-five years after the local press first proposed a museum for the trade. It occupies the site of the former Dégremont tabletterie factory, and the brick building with tall arched windows and a chimney stack recalls that industrial past.