Abbatial hotel
museum

In 1730, the regular canons of Saint Augustin, taking advantage of the Baroque-style beautification work being carried out on Saint-Jacques church, decided to rebuild their abbey and abbey hotel.On the ground floor, in succession are the lounges, some of which retain their original features in the form of oak-panelled walls. The most beautiful of these is decorated with a stucco frieze, whose hunting putti patterns resemble those in the Dukes of Lorraine apartments at the château of Lunéville, as well as a fireplace surround with ecclesiastical heraldry. The ground floor is the place for temporary exhibitions.The 1st floor of the Abbatial Hotel is a reconstruction of an aristocratic bourgeoisie apartment dated around 1750. A large traversing gallery allows access to the twelve rooms of this luxurious apartment, such as the bedrooms, offices and lounges which illustrate how people lived and the way of life during that period.