Address 63 Rue Monceau 8th arr. Metro: Villiers Web: Musée Nissim de Camondo Homepage Admission: 8 euros, 18 – 24 years old 6.50 Open: Wed–Sun 10am–5pm

After making a fortune in the late 19th century, the businessman Comte Moise de Camondo had this beautiful mansion built to resemble the Petit Trianon at Versailles.

He furnished it with some of the most opulent furniture, artwork, tapestries, china and silverware of the mid-to-late 18th century. Tragically, his wife left him and his son, Nissim, was killed in World War I. Upon the death of Moise de Camondo in 1935, the entire estate was left to the state as a museum named after the son who died. More tragedy followed when a few years later Moise’s daughter and her family were deported to Auschwitz where they died.

Today the mansion remains as it always was, from the beautiful salons to the refined boudoirs. This is a well-kept secret among the many Paris museums, and it is one that should not be overlooked.

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