2010-03-11T08:25:56Z http://museums.angelabuer.com/comments/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:museums.angelabuer.com,2009-03-31:1948646 Colette http://www.photosbycolette.com 2009-04-01T01:45:14Z 2009-04-01T01:45:14Z Nice photos of a beautiful place! tag:museums.angelabuer.com,2009-02-16:1819784 Angela Buer http://www.angelareneebuer.wordpress.com 2009-02-16T20:29:09Z 2009-02-16T20:29:09Z Thanks, mom, for the additional info for this blog:<br> <br>Musée du Moyen Âge - Thermes et Hôtel de Cluny <br>place Paul Painlevé
 75005 Paris<br>Information on 33 (0)1 53 73 78 00 (switchboard and voice server) and on 33 (0)1 53 73 78 16 (reception)<br>Website: <a href="http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/ang/index.html">http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/ang/index.html</a> <br> <br>Great, little museum filled with art from the Middle Ages, with works evoking everyday life from that time. It is the home of the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, and 1st century Gallo-Roman thermal baths. Also displayed are the original sculpture heads of the Kings of Judea from Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris. Many sculptures were mutilated and ripped from the cathedral during the French Revolution. These heads have been brought together by a series of extraordinary coincidences, particularly the discovery in 1977 of dozens of statues and fragments in the basement of a Parisian bank. These are the originals from the cathedral, which now displays reproductions.<br> <br> <br> <br>Musée de l’Orangerie<br>Jardin des Tuileries 75001 Paris<br>Tel: 01 44 77 80 07<br>Website: <a target="_blank" href="http://en.parisinfo.com/museum-monuments/305/musee-de-l-orangerie">http://en.parisinfo.com/museum-monuments/305/musee-de-l-orangerie<br> </a> <br>Museum contains a wonderful collection of the Impressionist painters, including Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso, Rousseau, Matisse, Derain, Modigliani, Soutine, Utrillo and Laurencin.<br> <br>A circular room on the 2nd floor holds Monet’s “Water Lillies”, with seating in the center of the room so the viewer is taken into a wonderful contemplation and meditation of this work.<br> <br> <br> <br>Musée de Monnaie de Paris
<br>11, quai de Conti
75270 Paris<br>Tél : +33 (0)1.40.46.56.66<br>Website: <a href="http://www.monnaiedeparis.com/%E2%80%A8">http://www.monnaiedeparis.com/
</a> <br> <br>This museum is the French Mint. It has fascinating displays showing how coinage was produced from the 1st century to the present day. The mint still produces coins, and special commemorative coins can be ordered from them.