Guided tour: Asia at the Georges Clemenceau Museum

Guided tour of the Asian collections of the Georges Clemenceau apartment-museum

Since 1896, Clemenceau has lived in this flat which opens onto a garden. He continued to live there during the periods when he was President of the Council, Minister of the Interior (1906-1909) and Minister of War (1917-1920). His residence has kept its exceptional setting intact since the death of its occupant on 24 November 1929. A gallery on the first floor exhibits numerous objects relating to the political and personal life of the Tiger. An art critic, erudite collector and traveller, Clemenceau was also an admirable bridge-builder between Western and Far Eastern cultures. His flat still bears witness to this passion despite the sale of his collections in 1894 (prints, tea ceremony ceramics including "14 bowls from the famous line of Raku potters from Kyoto", books, kogos, ....).

Lise Lentignac, administrator of the Clemenceau Museum Foundation.