Musée Carnavalet

Die Musée Carnavalet in Parys word gewy aan die geskiedenis van die stad. Die museum beslaan twee naburige herehuise: die Hôtel Carnavalet en die voormalige Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau.

https://www.carnavalet.paris.fr/

The Carnavalet Museum – History of Paris - is the oldest museum in the City of Paris. It opened to the public on February 25, 1880 in the Hôtel Carnavalet located in the heart of the Marais, one of the districts of the capital where the architectural heritage is particularly well preserved.Since 1880, the extension of the museum has been important, with the construction of new buildings and the annexation of the hotel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau in 1989. Today, the architecture of the museum offers a history of more than 450 years which unfolds on two mansions. For more than 150 years, its constantly enriched collections have traced the history of Paris, from prehistory to the present day.

Die uitleg van die stad, sowel as die inkleding met verskeie outentieke gebruike is merkwaardig - en 'n aanduiding van wat in die toekoms van die moderne Parys verwag kon word. Vir ons as besoekers is dit 'n belewenis om te sien waruit en waarnatoe dié wêreldstad ontwikkel het.

	Een van die mees herkenbare verskynsels langs die Seine is die boekstalletjies.

The idea of ​​a museum dedicated to the history of Paris became popular during the Second Empire (1852-1870) as the capital grew. In 1866, at the instigation of the prefect of the Seine Haussmann, and perhaps as a compensatory instrument for the destruction of Paris, the municipality acquired the Carnavalet hotel to house the new institution which was to document Paris, while carrying a particular attention to the presentation of the collections.

Since the creation of the museum, authentic objects have been collected, "having belonged" to a personality and thus holding a strong emotional, individual and collective charge. This is how the Carnavalet museum brings together, among other examples, Napoleon I's campaign kit , the souvenirs of the royal family but also those of the revolutionaries, Zola's watch as well as Marcel Proust's bedroom and personal items. .

Two pioneering missions aimed at documenting the transformations of Paris also provide a lasting structure to the museum: the supervision of excavations and demolitions thus brings nearly 10,000 archaeological pieces to the museum, and commissions for paintings or photographs of streets and neighborhoods integrate the collections.

Aanduidings/rigtingwysers en adresse, asook beroepe word dikwels grafies voorgestel gedurende hierdie periode.

As 'n toespeling op die verwysing na beroep, adres of rigtingwyser word die volgende gedig uit Smee aangehaal:

Emotikon

Die gids beduie in die ou stad
hoe besteller & besoeker
adresse bokant ’n deur herken.
Elke inwoner met skildery
& borsbeeld bestempel:
beeldende kuns se plek & plig
voordat boekgeletterdheid
in alfabette uitgepers
op huisrakke kon staan.

Hedendaags verloop kitsgesprekke
in gesiggies & simbole uitgedruk,
grammatika & woordeboeke ten spyt.

       - Gerhard Barkhuizen, © Smee, 2021

Min twyfel kan bestaan oor die nering en/of adres van die genoemde vakman.

Today, the Carnavalet – History of Paris - museum brings together more than 625,000 works, from prehistory to the present day. Paintings, sculptures, models, signs, drawings, engravings, posters, medals and coins, objects of history and memory, photographs, woodwork, decorations and pieces of furniture... complement each other to form a history and a memory of the capital, uniqueness. The spirit of the place promotes a visit rich in experiences and emotions.