59 avenue Foch, 75116 Paris
Tel: 01-45-53-57-96
Closed for renovation work

The museum houses a collection of 17^th, 18^th and 19^th centuries Far Eastern objects built up in the latter half of the 19^th century by Madame Clémence d’Ennery, wife of the famous playwright Adolphe d’Ennery. In late 1875, Mme d’Ennery had a townhouse built, partly to further her husband’s career, but also to provide a suitable setting for her "treasures". The latter were displayed in superb showcases with panels delicately inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Inspired by the great orientalist vogue that gripped Paris in the late 19^th century, Mme d’Ennery haunted the major antique dealers and curiosity shops of the day in order to build up a collection of some 7000 Chinese and Japanese objets d’art which she laid out in an original "Napoleon III" setting.

From 1892, with the backing of Georges Clémenceau and Emile Deshayes, curator at the Musée Guimet, Mme d’Ennery set about preparing her future museum. The building and collections were bequeathed to the state and the Musée national d’Ennery-attesting a decisive turning point in Western taste and its fascination for the Far East-was officially inaugurated on 27 May 1908.