Virus pushes storied Paris fan museum to brink of folding

Anne Hoguet, 74, fan maker and director of the hand fan-making museum, poses with a a wood roasted hand fan representing the falcon hunt, gouache painting on paper dated from 1880 in Paris (Michel Euler/AP)

France’s storied fan-making museum could fold and vanish due to the effects of the pandemic.

The splendid Musee de l’Eventail in Paris, classed as a historical monument, is the cultural world’s latest coronavirus victim.