La Monnaie de Paris reopens as a stylish factory museum

La Monnaie de Paris, the French national Mint, on the banks of the River Seine in Paris, reopened this autumn... in style. RFI's Rosslyn Hyams reports on a new Parisian museum in this week's Culture in France.

The first exhibition at the revamped Monnaie de Paris is Women House with Niki de Saint-Phalle Nana-Maison II © 2017 Niki Charitable Art Foundation/Adagp © Monnaie de Paris

Joana Vasconcelos 'Teapot' (2010) as part of the Women House exhibition at the revamped Monnaie de Paris. © Joana Vasconcelos/Adagp © Monnaie de Paris - Aurélien Mole