The Monnaie de Paris is a unique museum that blends art, science, technology, and history to showcase the art of metal and the heritage of coinage. The museum offers an immersive sensory experience, combining exhibition galleries with views of the manufacturing workshops. Visitors can explore the museum’s diverse themes through touch, sight, sound, and smell, with interactive exhibits, educational videos, and olfactory installations. The museum highlights the expertise of its artisans through profiles, interviews, and demonstrations, offering a comprehensive insight into the craftsmanship behind coin production.
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OPENING:
Tue – Sun 11am – 6pm; Wed 11am – 9pm
Past Exhibitions
The exhibition brings together around one hundred works by the American artist from the 1980s to the...
18 Oct 2019 - 09 Feb 2020
Monnaie de Paris
Paris
Exhibitions
Grayson Perry: Vanity, Identity, Sexuality
Vanity, Identity, Sexuality is the first major exhibition in France dedicated to the British artist Grayson...
19 Oct 2018 - 03 Feb 2019
Monnaie de Paris
Paris
“Women House” brings together 40 female artists of the 20th and 21st centuries to discuss a gender...
20 Oct 2017 - 28 Jan 2018
Monnaie de Paris
Paris
Exhibitions
Floor-naments
Monnaie de Paris presents “Floor-naments”, an exhibition curated by Camille Morineau: instead of...
30 Mar 2017 - 09 Jul 2017
Monnaie de Paris
Paris
Exhibitions
Maurizio Cattelan: Not Afraid of Love
Monnaie de Paris will play host to the exhibition “Not Afraid of Love”- a series of artworks...
22 Oct 2016 - 08 Jan 2017
Monnaie de Paris
Paris
Exhibitions
Merci Raymond by Bertrand Lavier
From May 27 to July 17, Monnaie de Paris will host the exhibition Merci Raymond by Bertrand Lavier. More...
27 May 2016 - 17 Jul 2016
Monnaie de Paris
Paris
Exhibitions
Jannis Kounellis Solo Show
“I come with empty hands as an old painter”. It is with these words that Jannis Kounellis had answered,...
11 Mar 2016 - 30 Apr 2016
Monnaie de Paris
Paris
Exhibitions
Take Me I’m Yours
After having become, for its reopening in October 2014, Paul McCarthy’s Chocolate Factory, then...
16 Sep 2015 - 08 Nov 2015
Monnaie de Paris
Exhibitions
Monnaie de Paris reopens with Paul McCarthy’s Chocolate Factory
On the occasion of its reopening, Monnaie de Paris presents Chocolate Factory, an exhibition by Paul...
25 Oct 2014 - 04 Jan 2015
Monnaie de Paris
Paris
