Hôtel de la Marine

Hôtel de la Marine
Façade on the Place de la Concorde
General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical Louis XV
Location8th arrondissement of Paris, France
Construction started1757
Completed1774
OwnerState
Design and construction
Architect(s)Ange-Jacques Gabriel
Website
www.hotel-de-la-marine.paris

The Hôtel de la Marine (French pronunciation: [otɛl d(ə) la maʁin]), also known (formerly) as the Hôtel du Garde-Meuble ([otɛl dy ɡaʁdəmœbl]), is an historic building on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, just east of Rue Royale. It was designed by the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel and built between 1757 and 1774 on the newly created square first called Place Louis XV. The identical building across the street, constructed at the same time, now houses the Hôtel de Crillon and the Automobile Club of France.

The Hôtel de la Marine was originally the home of the royal Garde-Meuble, the office managing the furnishing of all royal properties. Following the French Revolution it became the Ministry of the Navy, which occupied it until 2015 (as part of the Ministry of Defence). The building was entirely renovated between 2015 and 2021, for it to now display the restored 18th century apartments of Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville-d'Avray, the King's Intendant of the Garde-Meuble, as well the salons and chambers later used by the French Navy. A separate part displays the Al Thani Collection presenting international and inter-cultural works of art from the collection of Sheik Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani.

It is managed by the Centre des monuments nationaux (CMN).