Introduction to World Monuments Fund

World Monuments Fund (WMF) was created in 1965 to restore and preserve sites of exceptional cultural heritage around the world. Since then it has worked on more than 700 sites in 111 countries.

The Hôtel de la Chancellerie d’Orléans and the Hôtel de Rohan

Built at the beginning of the 18th century by the architect Germain Boffrand before being redecorated in the 1760s by Charles De Wailly, the hôtel particulier known as the Hôtel de la Chancellerie d’Orléans (a/k/a the Hôtel de Voyer d’Argenson) stood on the edge of the gardens of the Palais-Royal in Paris until it was demolished in 1923 to make room for its neighbor the Banque de France – all but the interiors of four rooms (the anteroom, the bedroom, the dining room, and the grand salon), which were painstakingly dismantled piece by piece by the Banque de France with the view to their being reconstructed one day.

New WMF project to be announced

Join us for an exclusive lecture on our upcoming secret project, set to be revealed in January 2025. Speaker: Alexandre Gady is currently the Director of the prefiguration mission for the Musée du Grand Siècle.

Potager du Roi (the historic kitchen garden of the Palais de Versailles)

© Nora Jaccaud Created by Jean-Baptiste de la Quintinie under the orders of Louis XIV to supply the kitchens of the Château de Versailles with fruits and vegetables, the Potager du Roi continues to pursue its triple mission: food production, experimentation, and knowledge transmission.

Opéra Comique in Paris

Founded in 1714, the Opéra Comique is one of the oldest musical and theatrical institutions in France. It has hosted the premieres of internationally recognized works such as Bizet’s Carmen and Massenet’s Manon.

Saint-Eustache Church

Situated in the historic neighborhood of Les Halles food markets, Saint-Eustache continues to bear the memory of the merchants and guilds who surrounded the second largest church in Paris after Notre-Dame.