Baccarat Museum

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This building, finally catching the eye along a quiet street in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, holds a transparent stillness, its interior illuminated through thin glass windows framed in iron. Light flowing along the walls is arrayed along the traces of gleaming glass fragments. Here, French crystal, possessing a mysterious transparency like ancient Egyptian artifacts, is on display, and resin sculptures, capturing the refined waves of light much like masterpieces of Impressionism, fill the space. The flow of light running along the floor clings to visitors' footsteps before long following the light within the decorated glass vessels. Passersby pause for a moment, losing track of time within a stillness as if brushing the surface of the glass with their fingertips.