Musée National du Moyen Âge

Musée National du Moyen Âge and its collection

The Musée National du Moyen Âge museum, also known as Musée de Cluny, holds six spectacular tapestries called The Lady and the Unicorn. The building itself combines both Gothic and Renaissance elements. It was built around 1485 and converted into a museum after the death of Alexandre du Sommerard, a French archaeologist and a collector of art. Apart from the famous tapestries, the museum presents many other significant medieval artifacts, including the national collection of art from the Middle Ages (the pieces that are not on display in the Louvre).