For Museums Night, Monnaie de Paris opens for free on Saturday May 14, 2022. As per usual, the museum puts on a great spread and hosts beautiful entertainments including guided or self-guided tours as well as multiple installations.
A museum settled in the oldest institution in France, in one of the oldest companies in the world. It was created in 864, with the enactment of the Edict of Pîtres by Charles II. It was then a Parisian coin factory attached to the Crown, in complement to the other eight factories set in province. A factory, the only in France, to make coin non-stop since it was created, that became major during the Ancien Régime, as the first in the kingdom.
As for the museum, it is devoted to the art of metal, and takes you to the heart of history of creation of currencies across the world, through permanent collections and temporary exhibitions. The museum approaches several disciplines as well, such as art, sciences, history, sociology, and economy, in order to express the richness and diversity of the institution's collections.
Dates and Opening Time
On 14 May 2022
From 6 p.m. to 11:55 p.m.
Location
Monnaie de Paris
11, quai Conti
75006 Paris 6
Prices
Free
Official website
www.monnaiedeparis.fr
