Musée · 3e
Musée Carnavalet
Musée Carnavalet (musée, 3rd arrondissement): €41M of City money since 2010, 43 Paris Council deliberations and municipal bulletin extracts, every fact linked to its source.
Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 13 September 2026.
41€M
paid by the City for this place since 2010
The Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris is the Paris municipal museum devoted to the history of Paris from the city's origins to the present day. Wikipedia ↗
What the City funds here
Works and renovation
41€M
paid · 2012–2022
7 building projects paid, from the City’s published accounts.
20 contracts signed in 2014–2020, 39.8 €M ceiling
2010
Click a year for its amount and the Conseil de Paris decision.
The 7 projects
EP MUSEES: MUSEE CARNAVALET ACCESSIBILIT2016–2022 · City accounts38.5€MCARNAVALET ACCESSIBILITE ACCUEIL RENOVA2014–2016 · City accounts1.5€MCARNAVALET ACCESSIBILITE ACCUEIL RENOVA2012–2013 · City accounts392k €EP MUSEES: MUSEE CARNAVALET ACCESSIBILIT2014–2021 · City accounts298k €EPM : MUSEE CARNAVALET ACCESSIBILITE2016–2018 · City accounts154k €CARNAVALET ACCESSIBILITE ACCUEIL RENOVA2015–2017 · City accounts111k €CARNAVALET ACCESSIBILITE ACCUEIL RENOVA2012–2013 · City accounts109k €The 20 contracts
Rénovation Partielle Musée Carnavalet-lot 3 Bâtiment tous corps d'étatBOUYGUES BATIMENT ILE DE FRANCE · 201726€MRénovation Partielle Musée Carnavalet Aménagement MuseographiqueVITRINEN-UND · 20183.6€MMarché Subséquent 2 maîtrise d’œuvre Rénovation Musée Carnavalet 3eCHATILLON ARCHITECTES · 20163.3€MMarché Subséquent maîtrise d’œuvre Rénovation du Musée Carnavalet 75003CHATILLON ARCHITECTES · 20151.9€MTravaux Rénovation Partielle Musée Carnavalet lot 1AVENIR DECONSTRUCTION · 2017784k €Rénovation Partielle du Musée Carnavalet lot 07ARTECHNIC · 2018603k €Rénovation Partielle du Musée Carnavalet lot 05ENVIRONNEMENT SERVICES CONSTRUCTION · 2018562k €Marché Suséquent 3 maîtrise d’œuvre Rénovation Musée Carnavalet 3eCHATILLON ARCHITECTES · 2017555k €TX Facades Musée Carnavalet lot 1EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPEMENTS · 2014498k €Rénovation Partielle du Musée Carnavalet lot 06VIDELIO IEC · 2018337k €TX Menuiserie Musée Carnavalet lot 4LES ETABLISSEMENTS GIFFARD · 2014314k €Subséquent Rénovation Musée Carnavalet 23 RUE de Sévigné 3ÈCHATILLON ARCHITECTES · 2020219k €Rénovation Partielle Musée Carnavalet-lot 8 Graph MuseograpMEDICIS · 2019214k €TX Facade Musée Carnavalet lot 3BALAS · 2014214k €Subséquent Restructuration Musée Carnavalet 75003 SamoARTELIA · 2019204k €Subséquent N°5 maîtrise d’œuvre Études Muséographiques Musée CarnavaletCHATILLON ARCHITECTES · 2020179k €Étude de Programmation Rénovation Globale Musée CarnavaletSEBAN · 2014156k €Marché Subséquent BCT Restructuration Musée CarnavaletQUALICONSULT · 2016101k €TX Maconnerie Facade Musée Carnavalet lot 2LITHOS FRANCE · 201463k €Csps Rénovation /restructuration Partielle Musée CarnavaletCOORDEF INGENIERIE · 201860k €A contract amount is a ceiling: what was actually paid on it is not published by the City.
What the Paris Council said about it
6 moments chosen out of the 44 deliberations read. Click a moment to open the deliberation.
MAY 2018Before the reopening, a motion demands accountabilityA motion from the PPCI group called for a progress report on the works, programming, and objectives of the new Musée Carnavalet ahead of its reopening.FEBRUARY 2013The starting signal for the comprehensive renovationThe Council unanimously adopted the launch of a project-owner assistance contract (350,000 euros) for the programming study of the comprehensive renovation.OCTOBER 2008An American foundation funds the panelingThe Council authorized the Mayor to sign an agreement with the Getty Foundation funding the restoration of the paneling in the former Hôtel du duc de Richelieu, for revenue of 170,500 euros.SEPTEMBER 2001Five million francs for a Revolutionary-era portraitThe Council authorized the Mayor to acquire the portrait of Madame Tallien by Baron François Gérard for 5,000,000 francs, with an agreement involving the Société des Amis du musée and the Baroness Elie de Rothschild.APRIL 1999First major works on the buildingThe Council approved the principle of restoration and interior fit-out works at the Orangery of the Hôtel Le Peletier-de-Saint-Fargeau and authorized two project management contracts.OCTOBER 1996The Bercy excavation finds join the museumThe Council approved the program for the Bercy archaeological operation and the transfer of the excavation finds to the Musée Carnavalet, and authorized the Mayor to sign the agreement with the State.2 more moments, 2003–2010
FEBRUARY 2010The opposition denounces the condition of the museumsDuring the debate on bookshops, Hélène MACÉ de LÉPINAY criticized the architectural condition of the City's museums; Danièle POURTAUD defended the City's policy.JULY 2003A councillor doubts the authenticity of a purchaseDuring the examination of an art acquisition, Yves POZZO di BORGO challenged the lack of information on the painting's expert appraisal and provenance.Same kind
