Maison de la Mutualité

From the beginning of the 1930s, the Maison de la Mutualité hosted exhibitions, shows, banquets, balls, political, union and professional meetings, radio recordings, concerts, conferences and even sports championships, thus becoming one of the high points of French cultural and social life. As early as 1904, in order to bring together the various Mutuals in the same place, the city of Paris was urged by what was to become the FMS (Fédération Mutualiste de la Seine) to grant it, in accordance with the law, premises for the organization of Mutualist meetings. Different locations were discussed, but it took nearly 25 years before a site was finally found. In 1924, a vacant lot in place of what was to become the Maison de la Mutualité was finally chosen. This land was sold to the FMS by the city of Paris and it would take another 4 years to obtain the various authorizations for the construction of the building we know today.