A tour of the rooms of the National Ceramics Museum, built in 1824 by Brongniart, takes in every category of porcelain from all over the world. Islamic ceramics are displayed next to Renaissance pieces on the ground floor and the first floor houses p..

Gambetta, commemorated with a statue by Bartholdi, lived and died in this modest gardener's house on the Jardies estate, owned by Balzac. The latter painstakingly tried to grow pineapples here. Corot also lived in this house.