The Carnavalet museum was to reopen its doors to the public this Saturday after four years of work. It missed. Due to a social movement, it was unable to welcome visitors, we learned from the museum. It may nevertheless reopen this Sunday.
The entrance to the oldest museum in the capital, located in the heart of the Marais, was blocked by city officials working in the establishment, on strike over questions relating to working time.
Asked by AFP, the city of Paris said that the demands related to the establishment of 1,607 hours among the staff of the town hall. This is the legal working time imposed on all communities by the 2019 law on the transformation of the civil service, which put an end to exceptional situations. Paris Museums agents benefit from the same working time rules as City of Paris agents.
“The city of Paris is not at the initiative of this law, and the municipal executive disapproves of its objectives, unfortunately having no other choice but to implement it”, we defended ourselves in the city, while negotiations on the subject are underway with the unions.
Some claims “Are more specific to Paris Museums and the Carnavalet Museum, such as the recruitment of additional staff and the revaluation of the Sunday bonus”, according to the municipality.
Nearly 625,000 works retracing the history of Paris
The building had been closed since October 2016 to be able to carry out a complete renovation, from the renovation of the facades and the roofs to the upgrading of the site, for a budget of 58.3 million euros.
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot, inaugurated it on Wednesday.
Opened in 1880, the museum in the 3rd arrondissement has nearly 625,000 works retracing the history of Paris, from Prehistory to the present day, in two historic mansions in the Marais.
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