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Devoted entirely to the history of Paris, the Musee Carnavalet occupies a pair of fine old mansions in the Marais and traces the story of the city from its earliest beginnings to the present day. The museum was founded in 1880 by the city authorities, who acquired the Hotel Carnavalet, a Renaissance townhouse once home to the celebrated letter-writer Madame de Sevigne, and later joined it to the neighbouring Hotel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau, creating a sprawling complex around courtyards and ...