When walking up Boulevard Saint-Michel - a very busy common street in the Latin Quarter of Paris - you'll most likely notice the large square of ancient ruins that are seated behind a metal gate. Open to the elements, these are part of the Gallo-Roman baths that the Cluny Museum - also known as the Musée national du Moyen Âge - was built around. Walking into the front entrance of the museum also means walking along the cobblestones of the existing architecture of the Hôtel de Cluny, which is in itself a relic of the past. Not only does the museum have an exquisite collection of medieval artwork, but the layout and structure of the 'gallery spaces' are just as fascinating. Additions are built into the pre-existing gothic and renaissance architecture in order to house different areas of the work, showing a striking contrast between painted walls and exposed walls that date back to the 14th and 15th centuries. This type of exhibition space is difficult to explain because it is a concept that is foreign to museum and gallery goers of LA; simply, the United States lacks any 'medieval' structures. A real sense of unity and integrity accompanies the objects when placed inside an environment that shares similarities in style and structure. This feeling was emphasized when standing inside the surviving infrastructure of the Gallo-Roman baths (picture below). Another highlight in the collection of the Cluny is a set of tapestries that are one of a kind, extremely precious, and very famous.