Moïse de Camondo, a Parisian banker during the Belle Epoque, came up with an idea of such mansion. It was built in 1911 to house his collection of eighteenth-century French furniture and art objects. The name of this museum comes from the name of Moïse’s son – Nissim de Camondo who was killed during World War I.
The museum houses furniture by artisans of the Royal Furniture Repository. They are Jean-François Oeben, Jean Henri Riesener, and Georges Jacob. Floors are furnished with Savonnerie carpets woven in XVII century. Jean-Baptiste Oudry’s hunting scenes paintings, Guardi and Hubert Robert’s landscapes and Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun’s portraits adorns the whole mansion.
Musée Nissim de Camondo is located on the rue de Monceau 63 street, VIIIe arrondissement. It is the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
You can easily reach that place. Metro train stations around the mansion are Villiers and Monceau. Also, you can go by bus 30, 94 or 84. If you use your car, feel free to extract one of the nearest parkings: Place P. Goubaux, Malesherbes, Avenue de Villiers.
Musée Nissim de Camondo is a non-profit museum located in Hôtel Camondo. The house is maintained as if it were still a private home. See for yourself how it was like to live a century ago.
The museum houses furniture, carpets, portraits and other paintings. You can also find there objects such as a silver dinner service commissioned by Catherine II of Russia, a bust by Jean-Antoine Houdon, and Chinese vases.
You can go through the whole mansion that consist of three floors. The lower ground floor is occupied by kitchens, upper ground floor implies formal rooms, and private apartments are located on the first floor.