The Royal Castle of Blois provides its visitors with a comprehensive overview of French history, shedding light not only on royal power, but also on art and architecture. Its kind in the city. The Royal Palace of Blois was once home to the 7 kings and 10 queens of France and was a center of royal power. Today, it houses the Musée de France, which displays a collection of more than 35,000 works of art, as well as the Blois Museum of Fine Arts, located on the first floor of The Louis VII Pavilion (Louis-XII), which displays sculptures and other interesting works of art.