This important exhibition was organized to mark the hundredth anniversary of the death of Baron Haussmann.
This exhibition used numerous documents - drawings, engravings, paintings and photographs - to trace the major work accomplished by Baron Haussmann in 17 years, from 1853 to 1871, that changed the face of Paris into what is now still its present state in many areas of the city.
The exhibition also showed how the visible constructions went hand-in-hand with the unseen work involved in putting in major public utilities - providing Paris with water reserves and a sewer system that it sorely lacked at the time.
Haussmann's Paris also included numerous green open areas, woods, parks and gardens, developed by the Baron's assistants such as Alphand, Belgrand and others. The design of this exhibition was of a quality and stature to match the subject that it presented.
It celebrated a man, a team, a period, and the triumph of a capital city.
