Discover the Treasures of the National Ceramics Museum at Sèvres

Housing nearly 50,000 objects from antiquity to the present day and from all corners of the world, the National Ceramics Museum is located within the sprawling campus of the Sèvres Manufactory, designed by architect Alexandre Laudin in 1876. Framed by the Seine on one side and the park of the Domaine National de Saint-Cloud on the other, the museum’s picturesque site offers a sense of escape and discovery, while being easily accessible from Paris. The permanent collection presents ceramics from all cultures and prominently features the products of the Manufacture from across its illustrious history to the present day. The current special exhibition focuses on the arts of the table, simultaneously celebrating the 10 th anniversary of the inscription of the French gastronomic meal into the UNESCO intangible heritage list in 2010 and the 280 th anniversary of the Manufactory, founded in 1740. The Beginnings of the Collection The Sèvres Museum’s origins date back to 1824, when Alexandre Brongniart, the director of the Manufacture…