The Museum of Decorative Arts and Modernity recalls the history of Déco Arts in France since the great Industrial revolution of the end of XIXème, where for the first time, a social category born from this industry, will obtain its own style: art nouveau. For once, it is not a question of a style of "state" imposed by a prince or a sovereign.

Indeed, the starting point of the visit is the School of Nancy. The Continuation in Water lily of Majorelle is regarded as being the most succeeded period of the Art nouveau in France. Then creators "for millionaires", like Dupre-Lafon, Dunand, the most refined in the style, best assembled.