The Salon Frédéric Chopin is a small museum dedicated to Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....

. It is located within the Bibliothèque Polonaise à Paris in the 4th arrondissement of Paris at 6, Quai d'Orléans, Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. Guided visits are available Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings by prior appointment; an admission fee is charged.

The museum contains a number of Chopin's mementos, including his death mask and a casting of his left hand by Auguste Clésinger

Auguste Clésinger

Auguste Clésinger was a 19th-century French sculptor and painter.- Life :...

, several paintings, numerous portraits, autographs, first editions, and his favorite chair. The museum occupies one room in the Bibliothèque Polonaise à Paris, which also houses the Musée Adam Mickiewicz

Musée Adam Mickiewicz

The Adam Mickiewicz Museum is a small museum dedicated to Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz . It is located within the Bibliothèque Polonaise à Paris in the 4th arrondissement of Paris at 6, Quai d'Orléans, Paris, France.The museum was established in 1930, and contains numerous personal effects as well...

 and the Musée Boleslas Biegas.