The Musée des Arts Décoratifs is a museum in Paris, France, dedicated to the exhibition and preservation of the decorative arts. Located in the city’s 1st arrondissement, the museum occupies the Pavil
Location in the Pavillon de Marsan, part of the Palais du Louvre
The museum's main gallery
Pavillon de Marsan
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The Pavillon de Marsan or Marsan Pavilion was built in the 1660s as the northern end of the Tuileries Palace in Paris, and reconstructed in the 1870s after the Tuileries burned down at the end of the
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
…Paris, France, dedicated to the exhibition and preservation of the decorative arts. Located in the city’s 1st arrondissement, the museum occupies the Pavillon de Marsan, the north-western wing of the Palais du Louvre. With approximately one million objects in its collection, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs is the largest…
The Pavillon de Marsan viewed from the Tuileries Garden
West façade facing the garden, detail from a c.1670 engraving by Jean Marot
Ground-floor plan showing the pavilion and the first bay of the North Wing (at top), which contains the grand staircase, detail from an engraving by Jean Marot
View of the east side with the first bay of the North Wing, 18th-century watercolor by Hugues Taraval