Archives Nationales Hôtel de Rohan - Soubise Musée de l'Histoire de France

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Soubise Musee de l'Histoire de France Description

The French National Archives, founded at the beginning of the 19th C and housed in the Hôtel de Rohan-Soubise, are one of the largest archive collections in the world. Much needed additional accommodation has recently been provided in the modern CARAN building (Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales).

The Hôtel de Rohan-Soubise, with a colonnaded courtyard, was built by Pierre-Alexis Delamair in 1704-12 for the Princesse de Soubise and was converted to its present purpose in 1808. It contains, in the Musée de l'Histoire de France on the first floor, several million documents on the history of France from the seventh century to the Second World War. Among them are a papyrus scroll of 629 signed by King Dagobert,

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Hobbies & Activities category: Significant work of art; Library; Architecture - Baroque or Rococo

Address

French National Archives
60 rue des Francs-Bourgeois
F-75003 Paris
France

http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/

Hours



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Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) May Day / Labor Day (May 1) 1945 Victory Day (May 8) Ascension Thursday - Christian Bastille Day - France (July 14) Assumption Day - Christian (August 15) All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1) Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11) Christmas - Christian (December 25)