Musée Carnavalet - museum of the history of Paris
Jun 3, 2021 17:41:36 GMT
Post by kerouac2 on Jun 3, 2021 17:41:36 GMT
Today I visited the Carnavalet for the first time in many years. It has just reopened after being closed for 4 years for total renovation. I had not been there for a long time, and my previous visit had lasted only about 10 minutes, because I received a call from my mother 's nursing home telling me that she had fallen and was being taken to the hospital. Could I accompany her? On top of that, the museum staff chastised me for using my phone. So the years passed, the museum closed, and this was my first chance to return.
One good thing is that it is a "municipal museum" rather than a "national museum" and the municipal museums of Paris are free. But current conditions still required making a reservation which I did with due diligence. Groups are allowed to enter every 15 minutes. You can stay as long as you want once you are inside.
That might have been the problem at the moment -- I found most of it insanely crowded in spite of the covid occupancy rules and on top of that it was hot and muggy, which is something that I am willing to accept in Bangkok or Jakarta, but I find it it totally embarassing to sweat like a pig in Paris. Oh well, if I can survive it in Bangkok, I can survive it in Paris.
The Musée Carnavalet occupies two adjacent buildings -- the hôtel de Carnavalet and the hôtel Le Peltier de Saint Fargeau, both of which date from long long ago. Since you are wondering, I will reveal that they date from the 16th century and I will add the additional detail about which I wondered in my early years. Why are these places called hotels? Well, "hôtel" originally just meant a large public building before moving on to its current usage. However, I still wonder about the Australian usage of the word hotel.
One good thing is that it is a "municipal museum" rather than a "national museum" and the municipal museums of Paris are free. But current conditions still required making a reservation which I did with due diligence. Groups are allowed to enter every 15 minutes. You can stay as long as you want once you are inside.
That might have been the problem at the moment -- I found most of it insanely crowded in spite of the covid occupancy rules and on top of that it was hot and muggy, which is something that I am willing to accept in Bangkok or Jakarta, but I find it it totally embarassing to sweat like a pig in Paris. Oh well, if I can survive it in Bangkok, I can survive it in Paris.
The Musée Carnavalet occupies two adjacent buildings -- the hôtel de Carnavalet and the hôtel Le Peltier de Saint Fargeau, both of which date from long long ago. Since you are wondering, I will reveal that they date from the 16th century and I will add the additional detail about which I wondered in my early years. Why are these places called hotels? Well, "hôtel" originally just meant a large public building before moving on to its current usage. However, I still wonder about the Australian usage of the word hotel.
The former main entrance is no longer the museum entrance.
Anything about the city of Paris will always have the municipal emblem of the ship on an agitated sea. Fluctuat nec mergitur. = attacked by stormy seas but does not sink. Does any other city have such a strange motto?
