Musée des Arts et Métiers

Museum of Arts and Crafts
Musée des Arts et Métiers
Established1794
Location60, rue Réaumur, 75003 Paris
Collection size80,000
Visitors250,000 / year
Websitewww.arts-et-metiers.net

The Musée des Arts et Métiers (French pronunciation: [myze dez‿aʁ e metje]; English: Museum of Arts and Crafts) is an industrial design museum in Paris that houses the collection of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, which was founded in 1794 as a repository for the preservation of scientific instruments and inventions.

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