Step back in time for a peek at 19th-century Paris high society

In the late 1800s, the Plaine Monceau – an area once best-known for its gardens and orchards – became Paris’ most fashionable new neighborhood, where celebrities like Sarah Bernhardt and Édouard Manet built sumptuous mansions. Almost all of them have been broken up into apartments, but one remains, now the home of the Musée National Jean-Jacques Henner.

On this exclusive private visit we explore the mansion’s glass-roofed winter garden where recitals and salons were held, the fabulous master bedroom with its lavish Ottoman-style decoration and a light-bathed, custom-built artist’s studio. You’ll discover the work of Henner, a celebrity artist of the era, while enjoying this rare architectural gem and learning how Belle Epoque Parisian high society lived, worked and played.

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