On Place de la Concorde, behind Ange-Jacques Gabriel's colonnade, the former Royal Furniture Repository reopened in 2021 after four years of restoration. Louis XVI state rooms, fully refurnished apartments and a panoramic loggia make it one of the finest showcases of 18th-century Paris.
The monument at a glance
Completed in 1774, the building housed the Crown's furniture and jewels, then the Ministry of the Navy for more than two centuries, until 2015. Restored by the Centre des monuments nationaux, it is visited with the Confident, a headset with spatial sound that brings back the voices of the people who lived there.
Don't miss
The state rooms are among the finest Louis XVI decorative ensembles surviving in France, spared from the revolutionary sales thanks to the building's official role. The loggia, a covered gallery on the upper floor, offers an unbeatable view over Place de la Concorde and the Tuileries. The Al Thani Collection, in the former stables, has its own separate tour.
Visiting tips
It is twenty-five minutes from the hotel by Métro, taking line 4 then line 1 to Concorde. Allow forty-five minutes for the Salons and loggia tour. Evening late openings are much less crowded than midday slots.
Close by
The Tuileries Garden and the Musée de l'Orangerie are a five-minute walk away. The Musée d'Orsay stands opposite, across the Seine, and the Champs-Élysées stretch away to the west.
