Musée de la Monnaie de Paris, Numismatic museum in 6th arrondissement, Paris, France.

The Musée de la Monnaie de Paris occupies the Hôtel de la Monnaie at 11 quai de Conti, a stone building whose rusticated ground floor has round-arched openings and whose two-storey fluted columns carry balustraded balconies. A black vertical sign reads "MUSÉE DE LA MONNAIE DE PARIS". Inside, 1,800 objects fill 1,200 m², with views onto the foundry and the Grand Monnayage workshop.

A decree by Charles X in 1827 established a money museum, and Louis-Philippe I inaugurated the Musée monétaire on 8 November 1833. In 1991 a new museography divided the collections into Antique, medieval, and modern and contemporary sections, designed by Katherine Gruel, Jean Belaubre and Bruno Collin. Closed from July 2010, the museum reopened on 30 September 2017 as the Musée de la Monnaie de Paris after the MétaLmorphoses project.

The collections reflect how coins and medals have expressed French identity and artistic values across different periods. You can observe how each era chose specific designs and techniques that reveal something about the society that created them.

The building sits on the Seine riverbank and is easily accessible by public transport with several metro stations nearby. Plan some time to explore the exhibitions and ask at the entrance about available tours and any current displays.

The building still houses an active mint that produces commemorative euro coins for collectors. This rare combination of working production and museum display shows coin-making as a living craft rather than only a historical practice.