Musée du Barreau de Paris

The Musée du Barreau de Paris is a museum dedicated to the Paris bar and its lawyers. It is located near the Église Saint-Eustache in the Ier arrondissement at 25 rue du Jour, Paris, France, and open weekends by appointment; admission is free.

The museum is located within the vaulted cellars of the 17th century Hotel de la Porte, named for its owner, Antoine de la Porte (1641-1697), fresh fish merchant and mayor of Paris, and restored 1980-1981. Its collections include the order of Philip III of France, dated 23 October 1274, marking the origin of the Bar of Paris, with further items of historical interest representing the legal history from the 17th century to the present, including manuscripts and printed materials from the trials of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Émile Zola at the Dreyfus affair, Michel Ney, Pierre Cambronne, Villain (assassin of Jean Jaurès), and Alexandre Stavisky, as well as a fine collection of notes of oral arguments by lawyers including Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde (defender of Marie Antoinette), Fernand Labori (defender of Zola), Léon Gambetta, Raymond Poincaré, and Jacques Isorni (lawyer for Marshal Philippe Pétain). It also contains numerous works of art related to the bar, including paintings, sculptures, prints, and photographs.

See also

• List of museums in Paris

References

• Evene.fr entry (French)

• UGCE description (French)

Coordinates: 48°51′50.5″N 2°20′42.5″E / 48.864028°N 2.345139°E / 48.864028; 2.345139