Your Favorite Ancient Relic in your Favorite Ancient Museum! - Thursday, 26 January

I haven't been to the Cluny Museum in decades, I kid you not, so on this fine cool (high 30s F.) and drizzly afternoon, it seemed like just the neglect to reverse!  

The Cluny underwent a renovation/upgrade over the course of 5+ years, which included making it handicapped accessible, and it was completely closed for a while, but it reopened last May.  So it was about time that I visited it again!

I was able to see much of the museum, although most of the handicapped lifts were out of order.  Oopsie doodle!  In a couple places I managed to negotiate a few stairs, but there were some other long steep staircases that were just a bit too intimidating.

Of course, I sat quite a while with the lady and unicorn tapestries, and they made me think that I need to take on some BIG project (ya, ya, I'm working on projects all the time, but many of them are administrative or have shortish timeframes, yielding not much to show for all the work).  

And I loved the room of 12th & 13th century headless statues and bodiless heads (they came from 19th century restorations of Notre Dame and from discoveries made in the 1970s of material removed from Notre Dame during the French Revolution).  

And the Romanesque Capitals from Sainte-Geneviève Abbey  

And the religious artifacts were remarkable.  

In general, "wows" at every turn.

The good news is that in cold rainy January the crowds aren't oppressive.  Entrance is only 12 euros.  Check it out!

Musée de Cluny, Musée national du Moyen Âge, 28 rue du Sommerard 75005  https://www.musee-moyenage.fr/en/