The Musée des Arts et Métiers is a science and technology museum housed in a former monastery in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
The museum exhibits the collection of 80,000 pieces of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (Cnam), an institution founded in 1794 and dedicated to research and professional training in science, technology and industry.The museum is housed inside the former monastery (or priory) of Saint-Martin-des-Champs; the monastic complex was built starting from the eleventh century and then modified on several occasions until its deconsecration during the Revolution, and then partially transformed into a museum in 1818.
The most representative building of the complex is the church of Saint-Martin-des-Champs, a beautiful Gothic style chapel built in the first half of the eleventh century.
The former monastery was completely renovated in 2000 to house the renovated Musée des Arts et Métiers.
