She was an American philanthropist who donated her Parisian townhouse and the majority of her estate to found the Mona Bismarck Foundation, as "her desire was to establish a Cultural Centre in Paris to enhance the cause of American/French friendship upon her death".

[3] On 12 December 2022, it was announced that the center was selling the property, with proceeds going to the American Library in Paris.

[1] Located near the Seine, across from the Eiffel Tower, the hôtel particulier (French for 'townhouse') at 34 Avenue de New York was built at the end of the 19th century.

[4] It was reconfigured for Mona Bismarck during the late 1950s by French interior decorator Stéphane Boudin.

Notable exhibitions Exhibition samples The American Center for Art and Culture invited the public to discover American culture through a program of concerts, performances and discussions Archived 2021-05-09 at the Wayback Machine.