Musée Nissim de Camondo, a museum on rue de Monceau since 1936

The Musée Nissim de Camondo, a museum of 18th-century decorative arts, opened in December 1936 at 63 rue de Monceau, on the edge of the Parc Monceau. It occupies the house Count Moïse de Camondo had René Sergent build between 1911 and 1914, modelled on the Petit Trianon, with a garden by Achille Duchêne.

From a family of Sephardi bankers who came from Constantinople, Moïse de Camondo spent more than fifty years gathering furniture, panelling and works of art from the old French aristocracy from the great collectors’ sales and the Seligmann dealers. In the spring of 1914 the grand salon hosted its first receptions.

His son Nissim, an airman, was shot down in combat in 1917. In his memory Moïse left the house and its collections to the Arts Décoratifs; after his death in 1935 it became a museum, kept as it was lived in. During the Occupation his daughter Béatrice and granddaughter Fanny were arrested and interned at Drancy.

The house was listed as a historic monument in 2005. The museum has been closed since late 2024 for safety and electrical works, extended to the roof and façades: it is due to reopen in 2030.