Palais Galliera — Attraction in Paris

Well, I consider this museum as a scam and/or tourist trap.

The museum's website mentions as follows:

'The Palais Galliera preserves some of the richest collections in the world. Estimated today at nearly 200,000 works (clothing, accessories, photographs, drawings...), these collections reflect the codes of clothing in France from the 18th century to the present day, and are regularly the subject of numerous exhibitions in Paris, France and foreign countries.

Starting in the summer of 2021, they will be presented through a permanent exhibition route never before seen in France, offering visitors a history of fashion through masterpieces or little-known pieces from the reserves of the Palais Galliera. '

The problem being that in this so-called fashion museum you will never see any items of clothing, as the permanent exhibition is (temporarily?) closed, which was not mentioned on the website.

When I was there in March 2024, the only exhibition was 'Paolo Roversi', which is probably nice for persons who are into photography. However, I didn't come there to contemplate photographs, so I was overall very disappointed.

The amount of public agents working there and doing absolutely nothing was...

The Palais Galliera, Fashion Museum of the City of Paris, (French: Le palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de la ville de Paris) is a French museum located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris dedicated to the art and history of clothing and of haute couture. On the death of her husband in 1876, Marie Brignol-Sales de Ferrari, Duchess of Galliera, became heir to a vast fortune. Between 1878 and 1894, he built a mansion to house the numerous works of art he owned, expressing a desire to give it to the French state. Her wish was not realized due to a mistake by the notary in the drafting of the documents and the museum was granted to the city of Paris. The construction of the museum began in 1879 with the plans and supervision of the architect Léon Zinain. In 1884, the duchess gave 6.5 million francs to the city of Paris for work necessary for its completion. In 1889 her heirs gave the city of Paris 1.3 million francs to complete the construction of the museum, which was completed in February 1894 and officially accepted by the city of Paris a few months later. Entrance: €10.00. Closed every Monday. It works...

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