Chris C

Review of Paris Muse

Uneven museum. You start by paying a rather expens...

Uneven museum. You start by paying a rather expensive ticket, before you are shown an elevator that never comes.
When you get to the right floor, the section on the Middle Ages is closed "because of a technical problem".
Absence of contextualization, we do not even explain to you what defines the decorative arts. General explanations are very short, unlike cartels, which provide too much technical information. These take precedence over the history of art and the specificity of the objects. The labels are also printed on rubbish paper, not up to the location. Very often you cannot find the object associated with the cartel, or vice versa. You end up not reading anymore.
The permanent exhibitions become interesting from the reconstructions of period pieces. It is a joy to enter a real 19th century room, or whatever. A sensible video of writing the restoration of one of his pieces is inaudible. You almost have to stick your ear to understand something.
What survives is an absolute lack of completeness and a certain lack of consistency. A place very poorly highlighted, a staff that one would think in prison. The higher you go, the better. But since you are kicked out 15 minutes before closing time, I didn't have time to see everything.

The advantages: reconstructions of period pieces, the perspective on the rue de Rivoli and the Tuileries garden.