This event is in the past.It took place on January 31, 2026 at Carnavalet Museum.
Eight wild years when Paris became the Enlightenment's laboratory. This exhibition captures the Regency period—when Voltaire was jailed, paper money was invented and promptly collapsed, and Watteau painted while freedom of thought bloomed.
French history
Enlightenment era
Art and philosophy
Family-friendly
Tips
💸features France's first paper money experiment
🏛️free entry to Banque de France's Galerie dorée
👑storytelling tours follow young Louis XV's perspective
La Régence à Paris (1715 - 1723) L'Aube des Lumières
Le Marais
Eight wild years when Paris became the Enlightenment's laboratory. This exhibition captures the Regency period—when Voltaire was jailed, paper money was invented and promptly collapsed, and Watteau painted while freedom of thought bloomed.
French history
Enlightenment era
Art and philosophy
Family-friendly
Tips
💸features France's first paper money experiment
🏛️free entry to Banque de France's Galerie dorée
👑storytelling tours follow young Louis XV's perspective
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