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Les Arts Decoratifs Review
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Les Arts Décoratifs
Decorative Arts Center
Museums / Galleries,
Louvre/Tuileries
Fodor's Review:
A must for those with an eye for design, the decorative arts center in the northwestern wing of the Louvre building houses three famously chic museums. The Musée de la Mode, with its archives of clothing and accessories dating back to the 18th century, has rotating special exhibits plus a glittering permanent jewelry display. Some descriptive info is available in English. Rotating exhibits of advertising and posters in the Musée de la Publicité compete for attention with Jean Nouvel's brash decor. After a 10-year renovation, the main wing of the Union, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, reopened in late 2006, with a spectacular arrangement of furniture, tapestries, glassware, paintings, toys, and other necessities of life from the 1300s until today. Gawk at Napoléon's over-the-top throne, admire the bed of Valtesse (the courtesan who inspired Zola's novel Nana) and fantasize about living in period rooms that range from a bedroom Catherine de Medici might recognize, to the Art Deco boudoir of designer Jeanne Lanvin.
INFO
- Address: 107 rue de Rivoli, Louvre/Tuileries, Paris
- Phone: 01-44-55-57-50
- Web site
- Cost: EUR 8-EUR 16, depending on which museums you wish to visit
- Open: Tues.-Fri. 11-6, weekends 10-6
- Metro: Palais-Royal.
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