Patrick Bade
Exploring the Marais, Part 2: Musée Carnavalet
Summary
In the second of our series of lectures on museums in Paris’s historic Marais district, we shall visit the Musée Carnavalet. We shall take a journey through French history from the Revolution of 1789 to the cool Left Bank of post-World War II, focusing specifically on objects that tell powerful and poignant stories.
Patrick Bade
Patrick Bade is a historian, writer, and broadcaster. He studied at UCL and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He was a senior lecturer at Christie’s Education for many years and has worked for the Art Fund, Royal Opera House, National Gallery, and V&A. He has published on 19th- and early 20th-century paintings and historical vocal recordings. His latest book is Music Wars: 1937–1945.