The Musée Nissim de Camondo is one of the most intimate and emotionally affecting museums in Paris. The mansion was built in 1911–1914 by Count Moïse de Camondo, an Ottoman-born Paris banker and passionate collector of 18th-century French decorative arts. He modelled it on the Petit Trianon at Versailles and filled it with some of the finest furniture, porcelain, silver, and tapestries of the Louis XV and Louis XVI periods. When he died in 1935 he bequeathed everything to Les Arts Décoratifs in memory of his son Nissim, killed in World War I. The museum’s tragedy deepened during World War II: Moïse’s daughter Béatrice and her entire family were deported to Auschwitz and murdered. A plaque in the house commemorates them.
Decorative Arts · 8th Arrondissement · Closed Until 2027
Musée Nissim de Camondo & the Paris Museum Pass
A perfectly preserved Belle Époque mansion near Parc Monceau, filled with 18th-century French furniture and a deeply moving family story. Closed for renovation until early 2027.
🚧 Currently Closed for Renovation
The Musée Nissim de Camondo closed on 4 August 2024 for extensive renovation works expected to last until early 2027. The historic mansion requires significant structural and technical updating to preserve the collections and meet current accessibility and safety standards. Details of the specific works have not been publicly disclosed.
Expected reopening: Early 2027 (planned)
Planning a visit? This museum is not accessible in 2026. Your Paris Museum Pass cannot be used here until the renovation is complete. See the open pass-covered museums below for alternatives.
About the Museum
Practical Information
Address
63 Rue de Monceau, 75008 Paris (8th arrondissement, Parc Monceau district)
Getting There
Metro 2 or 3 (Villiers) — 5 min walk. Metro 2 (Monceau) — 3 min walk. Bus 30, 84, 94.
When It Reopens
Early 2027 (planned). Check the museum’s official website for confirmed dates before planning a visit.
Museum Pass
Covered by the Paris Museum Pass when open. Individual ticket price was €12 before closure.
What To Do In The Meantime
Art lovers who want to explore a similar atmosphere of grand private collecting should visit the Musée Jacquemart-André on Boulevard Haussmann (same neighbourhood, not pass-covered but €15) or the Petit Palais (pass-covered, free entry in fact — permanent collection only). The Musée des Arts Décoratifs on the Rue de Rivoli is managed by the same organisation as the Camondo and is open, though not pass-covered.
Open Museums Nearby
Frequently Asked Questions
The official reopening date is early 2027. The museum closed on 4 August 2024 for renovation works. The madparis.fr website confirms ‘the Musée Nissim de Camondo will reopen at the beginning of 2027.’ Check madparis.fr for a confirmed date as it approaches.
Unlike larger decorative arts collections, the Camondo presents its objects in their original domestic setting — the rooms are furnished as the Count left them, combining extraordinary individual pieces (including an Orloff silver service commissioned by Catherine the Great, Savonnerie carpets from the Louvre’s Grande Galerie, and Beauvais tapestries) with the intimacy of a private home. The family story — a Jewish collector’s love for French culture, the loss of his son in WWI, and the murder of his remaining family in the Holocaust — gives the museum an emotional weight that purely aesthetic collections cannot match.
The Musée Jacquemart-André (158 Boulevard Haussmann, not pass-covered, €15) offers a similar experience of grand private collecting in an intact 19th-century mansion. The Petit Palais (permanent collection free, pass-covered) has excellent 18th-century French decorative arts. The Musée des Arts Décoratifs on Rue de Rivoli (same organisation as the Camondo) is open and covers 8 centuries of decorative arts, though not covered by the Museum Pass.
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