The National Museum of the Middle Ages (Musée National du Moyen Age) is a museum of medieval art housed in a lovely mansion that once hosted royalty. The Musée National du Moyen Age is housed in the Hôtel de Cluny, one of only two remaining medieval homes in Paris (the other being the Hôtel de Sens in the Marais).

The Cluny began its life as a mansion of the rich and powerful 15th-century abbot of Cluny, who built it over the ruins of a Roman bath. By 1515, it had become the home of Mary Tudor, widow of Louis XII, and daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.

Seized during the French Revolution, the Cluny was rented in 1833 to Alexandre du Sommerard, who adorned it with medieval artworks. After his death in 1842, the government bought the building and the collection.

view the official website for the National Museum of the Middle Ages.