Musee de Cluny is Paris’ medieval museum. The Cluny chronologically examines the evolution of European art and crafts from the latter half of the medieval period, from the 11^th through the 15^th centuries.

Actually, Musee de Cluny is more like two museums combined into one. The main museum is in the Hotel de Cluny. This medieval mansion (built in 1330) is one of the oldest Paris buildings that was once a private residence. The other part of the museum allows you to explore the ruins of second-century Roman baths.

It provides an overview of the evolution from Romanesque to Gothic architecture and a display of Gallo-Roman artifacts and sculptures from Notre-Dame and stained glass from Sainte-Chappelle. 

This proceed to galleries that discussed and displayed the results from the development of new forms of production, especially in metalwork, silk textiles, and ivory carving around the 11^th century and the growing cross-fertilization across Europe and with the Middle East.   

It progressed through the centuries and across different countries of Northern and Southern Europe through the ways in which advances in agricultural production and the growth of prosperous cities spurred the creation of artistic luxury goods from textiles and tapestries to furniture, gold and silver jewelry, and decorative objects and to new items of daily life. 

A final exhibit displayed a wide range of alters, from large, carved church alters to smaller but in some ways more elaborate home and portable alters.