Louis Dupuy’s legendary hotel dates to the silver mining boom, when it served as a first-class French restaurant, showroom for traveling salesmen, and luxurious hotel during the Gilded Age. New this year, guests will touch selected historic artifacts owned by Dupuy.
A reduction in barriers between the public and historic artifacts will allow visitors to better connect with and understand history at Hotel de Paris Museum. New opportunities to touch, hear and see how really old things function will seemingly make years slip away. An improved sensory experience will intensify the tour experience, stimulate curiosity, and make visitors feel transported to a time when the hotel was “famous the wide world over.”
Recognized for authenticity, Hotel de Paris Museum displays a significant collection of objects from the hotel’s past in restored period rooms. Over 7,000 square feet are furnished with faithful arrangements of historic artifacts that tell the story of Frenchman Dupuy, the “father of domestic science,” and his amazing transformation from journalist, to miner, to renowned host. Dupuy’s life is illustrated through photography, statuary, oil paintings, etchings, lithographs, books, maps, decorative arts and culinary items.
Visitors will explore one of the most celebrated and well-appointed hotels in the West from the guest, proprietor, and back of the house staff perspectives, as well as learn about exemplary preservation of this rare historical and cultural resource. This year, the public will enjoy increased accessibility to the collection through limited handling of some of the museum’s genuine artifacts.
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