Baccarat Glass Museum

Having had enough, at least for a day, of traditional museums, we decide to go to the Baccarat Museum, which, according to the guide-book, displays dining rooms and place-settings.

The mansion which houses the museum on Place des Etats-Unis, is gorgeous and used to be owned by  Marie-Laure, Viscountess de Noailles, an art patron who had parties with the who's-who of the art world.  It is now a high-end restaurant, a museum and a boutique.


Now, the guide book says "museum", and the cashier who took our 5 euros each called it a "museum", but 4 rooms, two sparsely furnished, which took us 10 minutes to walk through should perhaps be called  a Museumette.


They did show Baccarat glassware which famous people used or had commissioned in the last 100 years.   But it was not large enough to be really impressive.

Unfortunately we were not allowed to take pictures.  Fortunately we took a picture of the bathroom, whuch made me grin for a good half hour.

Bathroom at Baccarat Glass Museum

Bathroom at Baccarat Glass Museum

Seine Boat Tour

The morning is overcast and hinting of rain but still warm.  We decide on a one hour boat tour of the Seine, starting near Notre Dame.


The Vedettes du Pont-Neuf tour took us downriver to just past the Eiffel Tower. Fred is disappointed since the cruise did not go far enough to see the mini-Lady Liberty statue at  Île des Cygnes, but it seems to Loretta that the double-decker boat we are on could not pass under one of the bridges on the way there past the Eiffel.


It is a fun and easy way to get some nice pictures of Paris.

Note the small car on the roof of the houseboat