Cabinet des Médailles, Paris

Name: Cabinet des Médailles
Address: 58 rue de Richelieu, Paris, 75002, France
Telephone: +33 1 53 79 83 40

#374 among attractions in Paris

Museum, Specialty museum

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The Cabinet des Médailles, more formally known as Département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, is a department of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. The Cabinet des Médailles is located in the Richelieu-Louvois building – the former main building of the library – on the Rue de Richelieu. ()

Local name: Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques de la Bibliothèque nationale de France Coordinates: 48°52'3"N, 2°20'18"E

Address

58 rue de RichelieuBourse (Vivienne)Paris 75002 France

Contact

+33 1 53 79 83 40

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Cabinet des Médailles – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Passage des Panoramas, Rue Danielle Casanova, Basilica of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Place des Victoires.

~1250 ftNE
Shopping, Street, Shopping centre
Passage des Panoramas, Paris
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~1160 ftW
Shopping, Shopping district
Rue Danielle Casanova, Paris
6 min walk • Rue Danielle Casanova is a road in the 1st and 2nd arrondissements of Paris, France.
~700 ftE
Church, Baroque architecture, Sacred and religious sites
Basilica of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris
4 min walk • Located at 6, rue Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, Notre-Dame-des-Victoires is one of ten minor basilicas located in the Île-de-France region of France. The closest Metro station is 'Bourse'.
~990 ftSE
Baroque architecture, Memorial
Place des Victoires, Paris
5 min walk • The Place des Victoires is a circular place in Paris, located a short distance northeast from the Palais Royal and straddling the border between the 1st and the 2nd arrondissements.
~500 ftS
Theater, Opera, Concerts and shows
Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris
3 min walk • The Théâtre du Palais-Royal is a 750-seat Parisian theatre at 38 rue de Montpensier, located at the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais.
~750 ftSW
Fountain
Fontaine Molière, Paris
4 min walk • The Fontaine Molière is a fountain in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, at the junction of rue Molière and rue de Richelieu. Its site was occupied by a fountain known as the fontaine Richelieu until 1838, when it was demolished due to interfering with traffic flow.
~270 ftNW
Fountain, Park
Fontaine Louvois, Paris
2 min walk • The Fontaine Louvois is a monumental public fountain in Square Louvois on the rue Richelieu in the Second Arrondissement of Paris, near the entrance of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
~880 ftW
Music and shows, Nightlife, Music venue
Le Ventadour, Paris
5 min walk • The Salle Ventadour, a former Parisian theatre in the rue Neuve-Ventadour, now the rue Méhul, was built between 1826 and 1829 for the Opéra-Comique, to designs by Jacques-Marie Huvé, a prominent architect.
~1090 ftNW
Theater
Théâtre de la Michodière, Paris
6 min walk • The Théâtre de la Michodière is a theatre building and performing arts venue, located at 4 bis, rue de La Michodière in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Built by Auguste Bluysen in 1925 in Art Deco style, it has a tradition of showing boulevard theatre.
~60 ftSE
Street
Rue de Richelieu, Paris
1 min walk • The Rue de Richelieu is a long street of Paris, starting in the south of the 1st arrondissement at the Comédie-Française and ending in the north of the 2nd arrondissement.
~1350 ftN
Music venue
Salle Favart, Paris
7 min walk • The Salle Favart, officially the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, is a Paris opera house and theatre, the current home of the Opéra-Comique. It was built from 1893 to 1898 in a neo-Baroque style to the designs of the French architect Louis Bernier and is located on the Place Boïeldieu just south of the Boulevard des Italiens.

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Which popular attractions are close to Cabinet des Médailles?

Nearby attractions include Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris (1 min walk), Rue de Richelieu, Paris (1 min walk), Fontaine Louvois, Paris (2 min walk), Rue des Petits-Champs, Paris (2 min walk).

How to get to Cabinet des Médailles by public transport?

The nearest stations to Cabinet des Médailles:

Bus

Bibliothèque Nationale • Lines: 29, 39 (1 min walk)
Sainte-Anne - Petits Champs • Lines: 39 (3 min walk)

Metro

Bourse • Lines: 3 (5 min walk)
Quatre Septembre • Lines: 3 (5 min walk)

Train

Auber (13 min walk)
Châtelet - Les Halles (15 min walk)

Ferry

Louvre • Lines: Batobus (15 min walk)
Musée d'Orsay • Lines: Batobus (18 min walk)