The Hôtel le Vergeur is a Gothic and Renaissance mansion on the Place du Forum, one of the few historic houses in Reims to have survived the First World War. It now houses a museum of the history of Reims, with notable holdings including a complete set of Dürer's Apocalypse engravings — one of only a handful of complete sets anywhere in the world.
The courtyard, with its assemblage of salvaged architectural fragments from destroyed city buildings, is alone worth a visit. The permanent collection spans the medieval period through to the reconstruction of the early 20th century, giving a layered picture of what Reims was before the war and what it became after it. Entry is modest and the museum is rarely crowded.