Hôtel particulier
A grand private urban residence built between a street entrance and a courtyard or garden.
Example
The Musée Picasso occupies the Hôtel Salé, so its domestic scale affects room sequence and display.
Sources: museepicassoparis.fr
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Former palace museum
A museum housed in a building originally designed for royal, aristocratic or state residence rather than exhibitions.
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The seventeenth-century private mansion in the Marais chosen to house the Musée Picasso Paris.
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Enfilade of rooms
A sequence of rooms aligned so their doorways form a long visual axis.
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Former railway station museum
A museum created inside a building originally planned for passenger rail travel.
