📜 Explore the historic Payne Whitney Mansion, home to both the lavish Venetian Room and the renowned Albertine bookstore. The Venetian Room is a rare surviving piece of New York’s Gilded Age, while Albertine offers a vast collection of French and English books.
🔍 The mansion now serves as the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

Why Go

✨ Experience 18th-century European furnishings and art in the Venetian Room.
🌸 Admire delicate porcelain flowers and intricate metalwork.
🏛️ Glimpse a historical architectural marvel.
📚 Explore over 14,000 French and English books at Albertine.
✨ Admire Albertine's hand-painted celestial ceiling.🇫🇷 Experience French-American cultural exchange.
🗣️ Attend public debates, discussions, and readings at Albertine.

Hours

🕒 The Venetian Room reopened to the public in June of 2018; accessible during building lobby hours.

🚇 Public TransportEasily accessible by subway (4, 5, or 6 lines to 86th or 77th Street).