List of hôtels particuliers in Paris
In French contexts, an "hôtel particulier" is a townhouse of a grand sort. Whereas an ordinary "maison" (house) was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side and directly fronting on a street, an "hôtel particulier" was often free-standing, and by the 18th century it would always be located "entre cour et jardin", between the entrance court, the "cour d'honneur", and the garden behind. There are many hôtels particuliers in Paris. Numerous hôtels particuliers have survived the transformation of Paris over the centuries to form part  of the city’s heritage. Some "hôtels particuliers" have also been turned into museums, like the Musée Carnavalet, Musée Picasso in the Marais, the Musée Rodin, Musée de la Légion d'honneur in the 7th arrondissement, the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Musée Cernuschi and the Musée Jacquemart André in the 8th arrondissement.