SEE: Revolutionary pistols, Marie Antoinette's slipper at revamped Paris museum

Treasures spanning hundreds of years of Paris historical past will get a recent airing within the metropolis from subsequent week, with pistols from the French revolution showcased alongside a shoe thought to have been misplaced in flight by guillotined queen Marie Antoinette. Lengthy successful with vacationers as an introduction to Paris and its tumultuous previous, the Carnavalet museum is because of reopen after 4 years of renovations at a time when worldwide journey remains to be largely on maintain as a result of coronavirus pandemic. Director Valerie Guillaume informed Reuters the museum, run by the Metropolis of Paris, anticipated to shortly bounce again to pre-COVID 19 patterns as soon as restrictions eased, with overseas guests making up about half the general public.