Monnaie de Paris
Museum
Hotel des Monnaies, the Mint, St.-Germain-des-Pres, Paris | © Dorling Kindersley ltd / Alamy Stock Photo
Monnaie de Paris
For lovers of history, there’s plenty to be gained from the Monnaie de Paris, France’s longest-serving institution and the oldest enterprise in the world. The Paris Mint has been issuing coins since 864AD—that’s more than 1,150 years—and its collection of ancient currency, medals and other items of metalwork is a national treasure (no pun intended). But this strangely underpromoted museum has an altogether different side. Its temporary exhibitions, three or four held each year, feature contemporary art to rival anything you’ll see at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris or the Centre Pompidou.
Monnaie de Paris, 11 Quai de Conti, 75006 Paris, France +33 1 40 46 56 66
