The Musée Cognacq-Jay, in the heart of the Marais district, recreates the atmosphere of a Parisian home during the Age of Enlightenment. Housed in a handsome 16th-century mansion set between courtyard and garden, the museum is home to an exceptional collection of 18th-century works of art: paintings by Boucher, Chardin and Fragonard, drawings by Watteau, sculptures, stamped furniture and precious objects (jewellery, snuffboxes, Saxony porcelain, etc.). Ernest Cognacq and his wife Louise Jay, founders of the department stores' La Samaritaine, bequeathed the collections to the City of Paris in 1928.
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* Monday

Open on public holidays
* May 8
* November 11th
* July 14th
* August 15th
* November 1st
* Ascension
* Pentecost
* Easter

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Trained staff
Accessible reception
Adapted exhibition spaces
Tactile tours
Tours in LL, LPC, or LSF
Adapted mediation service

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Address
8 rue Elzévir, 75003, Paris