Museum of Decorative Arts
(Les Arts Decoratifs)

This was a really interesting museum. They had two major exhibits when I was there one was called fashion, jewelry design, and the other was the grands magasins It was well presented and it had some English information on the wall with the French information. I thought it was so pricey to get in €15 per person regardless. But I totally enjoyed it. I would highly recommend anyone that was in the area to get to see these two exhibits.
harriet miller - a month ago

Incredible exhibition on Iris Van Herpen, whose works I have admired for years. Beautiful scenography and some out of this world ethereal fashion works. I treated myself to the exhibition book (had to buy it online as it was sold out at the museum And on major French distribution sights). Bravo!
Maya MM (ZenMaya) - 4 months ago

Great visit, I really enjoyed the top few floors. The museum is very large and you could easily spend more than a day here if you’re interested in the exhibitions.
Leung - 3 months ago

Interesting place with some beautiful examples of decorative arts and not only. The most interesting part to my taste is at floors 5 to 9. Most of the rest of the permanent collections are the collections of the furniture, however much more varied, but in the majority of cases repeats what you can cross at the museum of Orsay (art nouveau) and Museum of Napoleon III at the Louvre. Regardless I missed the exhibition of the fashion designer I wanted to see the permanent collection have a lot of things to enjoy.
Fox Lightman - 2 months ago

I went to go see the Iris Van Herpen exhibit and it was truly one of the most amazing exhibits I’ve had the pleasure of seeing: it was an immersive exhibit of sights, sounds and touch, elevating the exquisite fashion designs to another level. On top of that, the MAD has an astounding jewelry collection (if you like jewelry, study jewelry, or like shiny things, a must!), fantastic collections of furniture and clothing through out the ages (my favorite was the Art Nouveau rooms and decor). Finally, we also saw the Fashion in Sports exhibit for the Paris Olympics which was amazing and educative (seeing what upper class citizens wore to play sports in 1800s, evolution of women’s rights and their ability to participate in sports, even a few pieces on an openly lesbian athlete in 1914, finally artistic fashion pieces for Olympics). Genuinely, may be one of the best museums I have been to! If you enjoy fashion, design, sports, or jewelry, you must visit the MAD!
Natalia Kaplan - 5 months ago