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=== Prisoners' Corridor === <gallery mode="packed" heights="200px"> File:Paris Conciergerie - bureau du gardien.jpg|Office of the concierge, or guardian File:Conciergerie détail des cellules 05.JPG|Display of locks, keys and handcuffs File:Conciergerie détail des cellules 04.JPG|A cell for prisoners who could pay for their bed and board </gallery> The upper level of the Conciergerie was considerably rebuilt in the 19th and 20th century. Nearly all of the original cells, including that of Marie Antoinette, were demolished and replaced with new rooms. After the prison was closed and became a museum, some of the new rooms were turned into galleries. In 1989 three rooms were recreated to depict the administrative function of the prison. The first is the cell-like office of the registrar who received the incoming prisoners, enter their names into a large book, and take their belongings. This office was originally located on the ground floor, near the Cour du Mai, the main entrance of prison, where prisoners arrived. Prisoners were then taken to their cells along the Prisoner's Corridor, which extended the length of the building. Next to the recreated registrar's office is a recreation of the office of the Concierge, the warden of the prison. The third recreated room is the Grooming Room, where prisoners were taken on the day of their execution. They undressed and put on a special collarless tunic, and their hair was cut to make easier the passage of the guillotine blade through their neck.{{sfn|de Parseval|Mazeau|2019|pp=57-58}} In addition to these rooms, the corridor has three recreations of prison cells, and four rooms displaying objects and documents illustrating the history of the building and the major events of Revolution.
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