Cluny Museum (Paris)

France / Ile-de-France / Paris / place Paul Painlevé., 6
 museum, art -(to be removed, see EN descr.), place with historical importance, archaeological site
National Museum of the Middle-Ages. The National Museum of the Middle Ages is housed in two exceptional Parisian monuments: the Gallo-Roman thèrmes ("baths", a Gallic and Roman social center, 1st-3rd centuries), and the Cluny Abbey hôtel ("manor house", Paris residence of the Cluniac monks, late 15th century).

The museum was founded in 1843, with the collections of an art amateur fascinated by the Middle Ages, Alexandre du Sommerard, who lived in the Hôtel de Cluny. The collections have grown over the years. Today they offer a unique view of the art and history of Roman Gaul, as seen at the beginning of the 16th century: fifteen centuries of European art and history in one location.

www.musee-moyenage.fr/ang/index.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musee_de_Cluny
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Coordinates:   48°51'2"N   2°20'37"E
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