The Musée de Cluny (Musée de Cluny-Musée National du Moyen Âge), is a museum of medieval art in Paris (France). It is located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, bordered by square Samuel-Paty to the south, boulevard Saint-Michel to the west, boulevard Saint-Germain to the north, and rue Saint-Jacques to the east.
Its building combines Roman-era thermae, the Thermes de Cluny, including a well-preserved frigidarium, and the 15th-century Hôtel de Cluny, the Parisian mansion of the Abbey of Cluny. The museum houses a notable collection of art from the Middle Ages, including the iconic series of six 15th-century tapestries known as The Lady and the Unicorn.
The Hôtel de Cluny is a rare extant example of the civic architecture of medieval Paris, erected in the late 15th century to replace an earlier structure built by Pierre de Chaslus after the Cluny Abbey acquired the ancient Roman baths in 1340. At that time, the mansion was part of a larger complex that also included a religious college (French: Collège de Cluny, no longer extant) on the location of the present-day place de la Sorbonne.
Address: 28 Rue du Sommerard, 75005 Paris, France
Working Hours:
Saturday 9:30 AM–6:15 PM
Sunday 9:30 AM–6:15 PM
Monday Closed
Tuesday 9:30 AM–6:15 PM
Wednesday 9:30 AM–6:15 PM
Thursday 9:30 AM–6:15 PM
Friday 9:30 AM–6:15 PM
Phone: +33 1 53 73 78 00
Architectural styles: Gothic architecture, Renaissance architecture
Established: 1843.
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