Some history of Paris ...sort of !

We just spent a couple of hours in the Musée Carnavalet. I had so much expectations about this museum, who should illustrate the cardinal events on the history of the City of Lights.   Instead, I came out more confused than ever and completely disappointed. The guide at the information point didn't have a clue about which rooms where open to the visit and at what time...Even worst, you start at the ground level with the prehistoric ages, on the first floor you have the XX century and you end up on the second floor with the section dedicated to the French Revolution!  What's the point of having a history museum if you can't even organize the visit in a rational way? There so much space and so much to see but you can't expect someone to understand or learn the history of Paris if you make him jump back and forward in time room after room, floor after floor. Is would have been so easy to follow a time-line, so much instructive and interesting. Too much of a challenge, I guess. 

Oh, another suggestion: instead of giving free entrance to the museum and then shutting down several rooms  because you don't have enough money to hire personnel, just charge 5 or 8 euros per visitor and get someone to open those rooms...

Aside from that, I loved the hall with all the artisans and merchants's signs, which were used mainly to help customers orientate themselves in a city who didn't have numbers on the streets. Additionally, very few people could read, so that's why these signs are so clear! 

l'auberge du boeuf normand

le chat noir

la main de Séjournan, avec kyste

Josh loved particularly the model of La Bastille, which is actually made out of a real stone taken from the building materials, after its demolitions. This is only one of the "models" fabricated, since several others were sent to all departments, and exhibited at patriotic celebrations. 

Bastille model

We decided to relax nearby, in  Place des Vosges, where Josh realized how important is to get a good breakfast in the morning. He's as light as a feather, can't even play on the seesaw with his friend Gabe!