MUSEE NATIONAL DU MOYEN AGE

• 5 out of 5 stars by Sammy Lagios from Kineta, Attica, Greece
• August 25, 2025

Quote: Don't miss it it is one of the most important museums that Paris has to show you andit is found in the heart of the city. It is the museum of medieval and you are going to have 2 cultural experiences there. This museum is housed in both the remains... Read the full Musee National du Moyen Age review

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Musée national du Moyen Age: 7. La Dames à la Licorne: In search of unicorns

• 5 out of 5 stars by metrogirl from Chicago, Illinois
• January 26, 2025

Quote: The Lady and the Unicorn TapestriesParticular masterpieces of art exercise such universal fascination that it is difficult to consider them objectively. The six panels that compose the tapestry piece "La Dames à la Licorne" fall into this... Read the full Musee National du Moyen Age review

From journal Paris Medieval Intrigue: Musée national du Moyen Age-Cluny Museum

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Musée national du Moyen Age: 6. Textiles “In the material world

• 5 out of 5 stars by metrogirl from Chicago, Illinois
• January 26, 2025

Quote: VI. TextilesThere is a tiny abbey room that is literally chock-full of textiles that are related to Catholic religious ceremonial use. This genre of textile and artifacts dominate the museum due to the fact that during the Middle Ages ecclesiastical... Read the full Musee National du Moyen Age review

From journal Paris Medieval Intrigue: Musée national du Moyen Age-Cluny Museum

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Musée national du Moyen Age: 5.Stained Glass “Sweet saints and devils on horseback

• 5 out of 5 stars by metrogirl from Chicago, Illinois
• January 26, 2025

Quote: V. Stained GlassStained glass pieces for windows or doors involves three techniques for their execution: painting and application of grisaille(the black outlines and shading), firing to fix the painting on the glass and retouching after it comes out... Read the full Musee National du Moyen Age review

From journal Paris Medieval Intrigue: Musée national du Moyen Age-Cluny Museum

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Musée national du Moyen Age: 4. Sculptures “Talking heads & other stories

• 5 out of 5 stars by metrogirl from Chicago, Illinois
• January 26, 2025

Quote: IV. SculptureThe museum contains a variety of secular and religious sculptures in an assortment of materials: stone, marble, alabaster and crystal. A great number of other natural materials were also used by artists of the Middle Ages, varieties of... Read the full Musee National du Moyen Age review

From journal Paris Medieval Intrigue: Musée national du Moyen Age-Cluny Museum

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Musée national du Moyen Age: 3.Medieval Gardens“Significance and symbolism”

• 5 out of 5 stars by metrogirl from Chicago, Illinois
• January 26, 2025

Quote: III. Medieval Gardens: "Significance and symbolism"Although the Hôtel de Cluny was one of the first urban residences to be built between a courtyard and a garden, no trace of the original garden survived the centuries. Still, museum directors sought... Read the full Musee National du Moyen Age review

From journal Paris Medieval Intrigue: Musée national du Moyen Age-Cluny Museum

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Musée national du Moyen Age: 2. Roman Baths “Meet the Lutècs”

• 5 out of 5 stars by metrogirl from Chicago, Illinois
• January 26, 2025

Quote: Thermes de LutèceThe abbots were wise in choosing to build alongside of the most spectacular examples of ancient city of Lutèce (Paris), the late IIInd century Thermes de Lutèce bathing complex. The adjacency of the abbey assured that these... Read the full Musee National du Moyen Age review

From journal Paris Medieval Intrigue: Musée national du Moyen Age-Cluny Museum

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Musée national du Moyen Age: 1. Hôtel de Cluny ” Abbey Architecture”

• 5 out of 5 stars by metrogirl from Chicago, Illinois
• January 26, 2025

Quote: Hôtel de ClunyHôtel de Cluny was built between 1485 and 1498 by Jacques d'Amboise as the Parisian pied-a-terre for the abbots of Cluny, one of the most powerful religious orders of the Middle Ages. High crenelated walls safeguard the museum, asit... Read the full Musee National du Moyen Age review

From journal Paris Medieval Intrigue: Musée national du Moyen Age-Cluny Museum

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Musee du Moyen Age (Cluny)

• 5 out of 5 stars by travelprone from Carlsbad, California
• September 18, 2025

Quote: My favorite--what a delightful surprise this triple-threat museum is! Located in a fifteenth-century palace built over the ruins of third-century Roman baths, this museum’s other main draws are the amazing six Lady and the Unicorn tapestries and a... Read the full Musee National du Moyen Age review

From journal PARIS PERFECT- December in the MARAIS

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Musée de Cluny

• 3 out of 5 stars by davidx from Todmorden, England, United Kingdom
• June 8, 2025

Quote: First of all, this is as much a history museum as an art one. There are 3rd century Gallo-Roman baths as part of the complex. The full name of the museum is Musée National du Moyen-Age Thermes de Cluny. The building was completed in 1500, and... Read the full Musee National du Moyen Age review

From journal Citybreak in Paris.

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