Musée Cernuschi
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Description
In 1896, the financier Henri Cernuschi bequeathed to the city of Paris his beautiful mansion built on the edge of Monceau Park and his collection of Far Eastern art acquired during his two-year world tour.
Thus the museum, one of the oldest in Paris, today has a remarkable collection of ancient Chinese art, but also Japanese, Vietnamese or Korean, regularly enriched by new acquisitions and donations: Neolithic pottery, funerary statuary, as well as a very beautiful collection of Chinese classical and modern paintings.
Artistic testimonies
Your visit goes through several centuries and dynasties of aesthetic prowess, going from the 15th century BC until the 13th century.
As soon as you arrive, you are welcomed by the famous Buddha of Megura who, imperturbable, has been enthroned for more than a century in the middle of a large room with large windows. The 900 pieces of art on display, including a selection of ceremonial jade objects dating from 3000 B.C., highly worked bronzes from the Shang era and unique ceramics detailing everyday life in ancient China, offer you a unique panorama of Far Eastern art.
The museum also offers a program of temporary exhibitions that will allow you to perfect your knowledge.
Asia and its cultures will have no more secrets for you !
You will also like: the Museum of Asian Art - Guimet
Community facilities
Access and contact
Bus : 30, 84 et 94 Metro : Ligne 2 - Monceau Line 2 - Villiers Line 3 - Villiers
Days and opening hours
From 01/01 to 31/12/2023 between 10 am and 6 pm. Closed on Monday. Closed exceptionally on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. Checkout closes at 5:30 pm.
Prices
- Free
Facility
- Lift
- Toilets
- Book shop
- Car park
- Pay car park
Services
- Shop
Activities
- Temporary exhibition
- Permanent exhibition
Tour
Spoken languages
- French
Guided tour languages
- English
- French
Documentation languages (home)
- English
- Spanish
- French
Bulletin board languages
- English
- French
Single services tour
- Unguided individual tours on request
- Guided individual tours on request
Accessibility
See on accessible.net- General
- Physical disability
- Deaf / Hard of Hearing
- Visual impairment
- Mental / Cognitive
- Family
- Senior
Access
Pratical informations
- access to the establishment: graspable outside call button
- floor-level pathways
- reserved and adapted parking space located close to the entrance of the site
- parking spaces laid out and connected to the road or building by an accessible pathway
- reception desk easily identifiable and accessible
- free admission for one accompanying person
- free admission on presentation of proof of entitlement
- the accessible entrance is the main entrance
- the accessible entrance is the secondary entrance (indicated)
- staff informed or trained
- specific tariff policy
- revolving entrance door
- automatic entrance door
- manual entrance door
- accessible information plates
- all documentation graspable
- performance room with a reserved space
- accessible cloakroom
- multimedia content access system
- spaces equipped with reserved spaces and adapted to people in wheelchairs
- floor-level establishment
- wheelchair loan
- seated area available
- seated areas available (several spread out across the entire site)
- présence d’un lave main dans les sanitaires adaptés
- accessible communal toilets
- toilets: transfer direction onto the toilet seat to the right
- toilets: transfer direction onto the toilet seat to the left
- Communal staircase adapted for secure movement
- adapted elevator
- acceo: instant speech transcription and visio-interpretation in French sign language (LSF)
- reception/information desk equipped with a hearing assistance system with a magnetic loop
- reservation/contact via SMS and/or email
- reservation possible by webcam
- staff trained in French sign language (LSF)
- uniform signage to help people find their way around
- text/image signage
- performance or tour assistance aids
- visual alarm with flashing light in isolated spaces
- intercom equipped with a hearing assistance system with a magnetic loop
- audiovisuals are in French sign language (LSF)
- subtitled audiovisuals
- adapted elevator
- audioguides equipped with a volume control device
- audioguides equipped with induction loops
- independent visit possible
- guided tour in French sign language (LSF)
- guided tour in international sign language (ISL)
- guided tours with lip reading
- guided tours with an amplifying device
- guided tours with a magnetic loop device
- exterior pathways identifiable by touch
- exterior pathways visually identifiable
- exterior lighting control system in communal areas
- interior pathways identifiable by touch
- interior pathways visually identifiable
- audioguide with description elements
- audioguide with guidance elements
- Braille documentation
- documentation in enlarged characters
- swell paper documentation
- floor-level establishment
- offset or no obstacles at face height
- navigation assistance tool (e.g. map/model - in relief/large characters/contrasting colours)
- possibility to control the lighting
- magnifying glass loan
- glass surfaces identifiable via contrasted elements in relation to the immediate surroundings
- audiodescription system
- elevator with audio announcements for each floor
- elevator with identifiable call buttons
- Legible information plates
- specific accessible information plates
- tactile tour
- the dangers identified have been addressed
- brochures/documentations classified by topic
- simplified adapted documentation (illustration through images, photos, drawings)
- adapted signage
- adapted activities
- educational workshops
- adapted room cards
- specific tours
- floor-level pathways
- adapted opening hours (morning performances)
- children's programme
- childcare service
- family tariffs/free admission for children
- secure and closed establishment
- large lockers or left luggage lockers for pushchairs
- possibility to leave pushchairs at the cloakroom
- floor-level establishment
- baby carrier loan
- pushchair loan
- toilet facilities suitable for children (toilet seat and washbasin height)
- changing table
- audioguides with a children's circuit
- children's visit booklets/games
- pushchairs accepted for the tour
- floor-level pathways
- pets accepted on site and during guided tours
- reception desk easily identifiable and accessible
- reception/information desk equipped with a sound amplification system
- free admission for persons aged over 60
- Offer adapted to seniors
- cloakroom
- documentation in enlarged characters
- floor-level establishment
- wheelchair loan
- magnifying glass loan
- cane wheelchair loan
- seated areas available (several spread out across the entire site)
- horizontal support rail
- diagonal support rail to enable the seated person to raise themselves up easily
- communal staircase adapted for secure movement
- stairs compensated for by a lift or an elevator
- audioguides equipped with a volume control device
- audioguides equipped with induction loops
- Legible information plates
- Specific accessible information plates (large characters)
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