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Histoire de Paris

L’Hôtel des Abbés de Cluny
Livré à divers artisans au XVIlle siècle, confisqué à la Révolution, l’hôtel fut racheté en 1812 par un libraire. En 1832, Alexandre du Sommerard y installe ses collections du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance, déjà célèbres: Balzac décrit cette tentative de reconstitution de la vie quotidienne dans une atmosphère et un cadre saisissants de réalisme. Il meurt en 1842 et l’Etat acquiert le bâtiment et les œuvres qu’il abrite: l’inauguration du musée, le 17 mars 1844, est un triomphe et attire 12 000 visiteurs. Considérablement enrichi dès l’époque de son premier conservateur, Edmond du Sommerard, le dépôt est réservé aux objets du Moyen Age en 1945 - le château d’Ecouen présente désormais les collections Renaissance - et s’accroît encore du produit des fouilles du parvis Notre-Dame. Le pied-à-terre des abbés de Cluny entrepris pour Jean de Bourbon dans la seconde moitié du XVe siècle et achevé sous Jacques d’Amboise en 1498 reste un des rares témoins de l’architecture civile médiévale à Paris. Sa chapelle, en particulier, est un chef-d’œeuvre du style gothique flamboyant.

One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The sign describes the building that today is used by the Cluny Museum, the National Museum of the Middle Ages.

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On the wall of the building is a sign stating that the building is now used as a museum
NATIONAL MUSEUM
DU
MOYEŃ AGE
THERMES
DE CLUNY

[translation]
NATIONAL MUSEUM
OF
MIDDLE AGES
THERMALS
DE CLUNY
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Translation of the text on the sign:

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History of Paris

Hôtel de Cluny
Delivered to various craftsmen in the 18th century, confiscated during the Revolution, the hotel was bought in 1812 by a bookseller. In 1832, Alexandre du Sommerard installed his already famous collections from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance there: Balzac describes this attempt to reconstruct daily life in a strikingly realistic atmosphere and setting. He died in 1842 and the State acquired the building and the works it houses: the inauguration of the museum, on March 17, 1844, was a triumph and attracted 12,000 visitors. Considerably enriched from the time of its first curator, Edmond du Sommerard, the deposit was reserved for objects from the Middle Ages in 1945 - the Château d’Ecouen now presents the Renaissance collections - and is further increased by the product of the excavations of the Notre parvis -Lady. The pied-à-terre of the abbots of Cluny undertaken for Jean de Bourbon in the second half of the 15th century and completed under Jacques d’Amboise in 1498 remains one of the rare witnesses of medieval civil architecture in Paris. Its chapel, in particular, is a masterpiece of the flamboyant Gothic style.