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Musée Jeu de Paume, construit au XIXᵉ siècle dans le jardin des Tuileries, le bâtiment qui abrite aujourd’hui le Musée du Jeu de Paume servait à l’origine au jeu de paume, l’ancêtre de nombreux sports modernes comme le tennis ou la balle pelote. Au début du XXᵉ siècle, le bâtiment et son pendant, l’Orangerie, voient… Read more »

At the 17th century, Louis XIV king of France felt concerned about giving disabled soldier a roof, he ordered the building of a vast monument to receive them. Actually, he wished mostly clear the capital city’s pavements out, which were full of old soldier who became beggars and even thief. L’Hôtel des Invalides was inaugurated… Read more »

From the start of explorations for the “New World” or South Pacific Islands, mariners brought many “souvenirs” from their trip. Europeans are passionate for this far away civilisations and the wealthier get their own cabinet of curiosities. That was how a first temporary ethnographic Museum gathering many private collections opened its doors in Paris in… Read more »