| TOP MUSEUMS |
| MUSÉE DU QUAI BRANLY |
| Situated on the banks of the Seine at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, the museum is setting out to showcase the importance of the art and civilization of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. The 3,500 works exhibited in the permanent collections are presented in a vast space with no partitions, spread out over large continental zones. The objects are accessible to as many people as possible thanks to contextualization supported by identification cards, texts, photographs, films and music. |
Quai Branly
metro stop "Iéna", "Alma-Marceau", "Pont de l'Alma" or "Bir Hakeim"
Open everyday from 10am to 6.30pm.
Open until 9.30pm on Thursdays.
Closed on mondays.
Full rate : 15€
Concessions : 10€
www.quaibranly.fr |
© musée du quai Branly photo Nicolas Borel |
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| MUSÉE GUIMET |
| The Guimet Asian Art Museum is filled with collections of Asian arts that rank among the richest in the world. They include works from India, south-east Asia, China, Korea, Japan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal and Tibet. |
6 place d'Iéna
metro stop "Iéna", "Trocadéro" or "Boissière"
Open everyday from 10am to 6pm.
Closed on Tuesdays.
Full rate : 6,50€
Concessions : 4,50€
www.museeguimet.fr |
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| GALERIES NATIONALES DU GRAND PALAIS |
| Built in 1897-1900 for the Universal Exhibition in Paris, the Grand Palais was originally, as the inscription on the fronton proclaims, "a monument raised by the Republic to the glory of French art". Since 1966, the galleries have hosted over 250 exhibitions, and are now established as France's most important venue for international exhibitions and one of the most important in the world. |
3 avenue du général Eisenhower
metro stop "Champs Elysées Clémenceau" or "Franklin Roosevelt"
Open everyday from 10am to 8pm.
On Wednesdays open until 10pm.
Closed on Tuesdays.
Full rate : 10€
Concessions : 8€
www.rmn.fr/galeriesnationalesdugrandpalais |
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| INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE |
The museum promotes all aspects of Arabo-Islamic art from the pre-Muslim period to the Ottoman era, from central Asia to the Atlantic as well as contemporary Arabic art. The Arab-world museum presents nearly 600 works on its three floors including archeological exhibits and works of art. It houses unique displays on key historical and artistic events from the Arab world. |
1 rue des Fossés Saint-Bernard
metro stop "Jussieu", "Cardinal Lemoine" or "Sully Morland"
Open everyday from 10am to 6pm.
Closed on Mondays.
Full rate : 4€
Concessions : 3€
www.imarabe.org |
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| CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU |
| The Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou was the brainchild of President Georges Pompidou who wanted to create an original cultural institution in the heart of Paris completely focused on modern and contemporary creation, where the visual arts would rub shoulders with theatre, music, cinema, literature and the spoken word. |
Place Georges Pompidou
metro stop "Rambuteau", "Hôtel de Ville" or "Châtelet"
Open everyday from 11am to 10pm.
Closed on Tuesdays.
Full rate : 10€
Free for kids under 18.
http://www.centrepompidou.fr |
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| MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE |
The museum was the natural heir to the royal garden of medicinal plants, and was opened on 10th June 1793. One year later, a menagerie was set up with animals from the royal domains and from fairs. The Grande Galerie de l'Evolution is the keystone of the Museum. The magnificent adventure of the evolution of species, and the relationship between Man and Nature are exhibited using the most modern techniques. The Jardin des Plantes takes the visitor on a walk through the Botany school, the Alpine garden, the Rose garden, the maze and the iris garden. |
57 rue Cuvier
metro stop "Austerlitz" or "Jussieu"
Open everyday from 10am to 6pm.
Closed on Tuesdays.
Full rate : 8€
Concessions : 6€
www.mnhn.fr |
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| MUSÉE D'ORSAY |
| This museums is divided into three main galleries. On the ground floor are early works ranging from French neoclassical paintings through early impressionism and the Barbizon School. Naturalism and the symbolist movement are represented on the mezzanine level, while top floor is dedicated to later impressionist and later impressionist works : Paul Gauguin, Camille Pissaro, Georges Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Renoir, Manet, Monet... |
62 rue de Lille
metro stop "Solférino"
Open everyday from 9.30am to 6pm.
On Thursdays open until 9.45pm.
Closed on Mondays.
Full rate : 7,50 €
Concessions : 5,50 €
www.musee-orsay.fr |
© R.M.N. - Musée d'Orsay |
| ARTISTS |
| MUSÉE RODIN |
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| Rodin installed himself in the Hôtel Biron which was built in 1728. When the State acquired the property in 1911, Rodin offered to donate his entire work and his collections to the nation, on condition that they were to be kept in the Hôtel Biron, which, along with its grounds, would become the Rodin Museum. It presents the many facets of the artist’s talent: his sculptures in marble and bronze, as well as his drawings, paintings and engravings, and works from his private collection (antique and medieval sculptures, paintings by Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh…). |
77 rue de Varenne
metro stop "Varenne" or "Invalides"
Open everyday from 9.30am to 4.45pm.
Closed on Mondays.
Full rate : 6€
Concessions : 4€
www.musee-rodin.fr |
©E. & P. Hesmerg |
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| MUSÉE DELACROIX |
In the very heart of St-Germain-des-Prés stands the home-workshop and final residence of painter Eugène Delacroix, who lived here from December 1857 to his death in August 1863.
The appartment and workshop were transformed into a museum housing both permanent and temporary exhibitions. In addition to the artist's personnel belongings and furniture, you can discover his lithographs, sketches, drawings and paintings. His painting tools are on display in the workshop. |
6 rue de Furstenberg
metro stop "Saint-Germain-des-Prés"
Open everyday from 9.30am to 5pm.
Closed on Tuesdays.
Full rate : 5€
www.musee-delacroix.fr |
© Musée national Eugène Delacroix - RMN |
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| MUSÉE MAILLOL |
| This museum was created inside the Hôtel Bouchardon (famous for his sculpted fountain). It gathers the collections of Dina Vierny, Maillol's favorite muse and model. In addition to displaying one of the best small collections of art in Paris, the museum itself is one of the prettiest anywhere, set in one of the city's most chic neighborhoods. |
61 rue de Grenelle
metro stop "Rue du Bac"
Open everyday from 11am to 6pm.
Closed on Tuesdays.
Full rate : 8€
Concessions : 6€
www.museemaillol.com |
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| MUSÉE PICASSO |
Since 1985, the Picasso Museum has been housed in one of the most important private residences in the Marais, the Hôtel Salé, which was built in the seventeenth century for a man who collected the salt tax, as its name reminds us. It has a unique set of Picasso’s works (paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings, ceramics…) from throughout his career, as well as his private collection (primitive art, paintings by Cézanne, Le Douanier Rousseau, Matisse, Braque, Balthus… ). |
Hôtel Salé, 5 rue de Thorigny
metro stop "Saint-Paul", "Saint-Sébastien Froissart" or "Chemin Vert"
Open everyday from 9.30am to 5.30pm.
Closed on Tuesdays.
Full rate : 6,50€
Concessions : 4,50€
www.musee-picasso.fr (in french) |
© Musée national Picasso Paris - RMN |
| LITTERATURE |
| MAISON DE BALZAC |
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Nestling on the Passy hillside, Balzac's house is the last of the Parisian residences of the writer Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) still standing. The museum displays personal souvenirs, paintings, etchings and objects concerning those close to him and his contemporaries, and a large number of original editions, manuscripts and illustrations. |
47 rue Raynouard
metro stop "Passy" or "La Muette"
Open everday from 10am to 6pm.
Closed on Mondays.
Full rate : 4€
Concessions : 2€
more info here |
©Charles Lansiaux. Musée Carnavalet. PMVP. |
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| MAISON DE VICTOR HUGO |
| Between 1832 and 1848, Victor Hugo lived on the second floor of the former Hôtel de Rohan-Guéménee, situated in the Place des Vosges. In the apartment, which has now become a museum, each room is dedicated to a period of the artist's life: documents, photos and furniture harmonise to retrace the life of this great figure of French literature from childhood memories to the faithful reconstruction of his death chamber. |
6 place des Vosges
metro stop "Chemin-Vert", "Saint-Paul" or "Bastille"
Open everyday from 10am to 6pm.
Closed on Mondays.
Free entrance
le site du musée |
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| MUSÉE DE LA VIE ROMANTIQUE |
The museum presents collections of souvenirs and works of art left to the City of Paris and recalling two great figures of the 19th century; the writer George Sand (1804 -1876) and Ary Scheffer (1795-1858). This atmospheric museum plunges the visitor into the living and working environment of the romantics. |
Hôtel Scheffer-Renan
16 rue Chaptal
metro stop "Saint-Georges", "Pigalle", "Blanche" or "Liège"
Open everyday from 10am to 6pm.
Closed on Mondays.
Free entrance
www.vie-romantique.paris.fr |
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| OTHER MUSEUMS |
| MUSÉE DU MOYEN-ÂGE |
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The Museum of the Middle Ages is housed in two exceptional Parisian monuments: the Gallo-Roman thermes (1st-3rd centuries) and the Cluny Abbey hotel (late 15th century). The collections offer a unique view of the art and history of man in Roman Gaul at the beginning of the 16th century, fifteen centuries of European art and history one location. |
6 place Paul Painlevé
a 2min walk from the hotel
Open everyday from 9.15am to 5.45pm.
Closed on Tuesdays.
Full price : 7.50€
Concessions : 5.50€
www.musee-moyenage.fr |
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| MUSÉE MARMOTTAN |
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Impressionist and post-impressionist collections of the Musée Marmottan constitute a very complete and representative group of works of theses artistic movements. It counts more than three hundred paintings, pastels, watercolours and sculptures of the Impressionists and Post-impressionists : Gustave Caillebotte, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Eugène Manet, Camille Pissaro, Auguste Renoir, Auguste Rodin, Alfred Sisley… |
2 rue Louis-Boilly
metro stop "Muette"
Open everyday from 10am to 6pm.
Closed on Mondays.
Full price : 7€
Concessions : 4,50€
www.marmottant.com |
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| MUSÉE DAPPER |
| The purpose of this museum is to raise the profile of sub-Saharan Africa’s artistic heritage and contribute to its conservation, by staging exhibitions and awarding research bursaries. |
35 rue Paul Valéry
metro stop "Victor Hugo", "Charles de Gaulle - Etoile", "Argentine" or "Kléber"
Open everyday from 11am to 7pm.
Closed on Tuesdays.
Full rate : 6€
Free for kids under 18.
www.dapper.com |
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| MUSÉE DE L'ORANGERIE |
Since 1984, the Museum in the Orangery of the Tuileries gardens has housed a collection which numbers 144 paintings from the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century (by Cézanne, Renoir, Matisse, Picasso, Derain, Soutine, Modigliani, Utrillo, Henri Rousseau … ). |
Jardin des Tuilleries
metro stop "Concorde"
Open everyday from 12.30am to 7pm.
On Fridays open until 9pm.
Closed on Tuesdays.
Full rate : 6,50 €
Concessions : 4,50 €
www.musee-orangerie.fr |
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| PETIT PALAIS |
The extremely beautiful Petit Palais, built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900 houses major collections, offering a broad perspective of artistic creativity from antiquity until the beginning of this century. The museum also owns a remarkable series of 19th century works (Courbet, Carpeaux, Carriès, Cézanne) and constantly enriched through a judicious acquisition policy (Delacroix, Ingres, Chassériau, etc). |
avenue Winston Churchill
metro stop "Champs Elysées Clémenceau" or "Concorde"
Open everyday from 10am to 6pm .
Closed on Mondays.
Free entrance
more info here |
© Mairie de Paris / Christophe Fouin |
| HÔTELS PARTICULIERS |
| MUSÉE NISSIM DE CAMONDO |
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One of the most sumptuous private homes from the early twentieth century in Paris. |
63 rue de Monceau
metro stop "Villiers" or "Monceau"
Friday to Sunday from 10am to 5.30pm.
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Full rate : 6€
Concessions : 4,50€
www.museecamondo.fr |
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| MUSÉE COGNACQ-JAY |
Set in the heart of the Marais district, in the Donon Hotel, the museum displays a collection of 18th century works of art : drawings by Watteau, paintings by Boucher, Chardin, Fragonard, Greuze, Canaletto, pastels by La Tour, porcelain from Saxony and stamped furniture recreate the refined intimacy of a Parisian residence during the Age of Enlightenment. |
8 rue Elzévir
metro stop "Saint-Paul", "Chemin-Vert" or "Rambuteau"
Open everyday from 10am to 6pm.
Closed on Mondays.
Free entrance
more info here |
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| MUSÉE JACQUEMART ANDRÉ |
Built by Edouard André and his wife Nélie Jacquemart, both avid art collectors, in the new Paris being laid out by Baron Haussmann towards the end of the 19th century, this private mansion offers visitors a unique opportunity to explore a wealthy 19th century home, with its state rooms, monumental staircase, winter garden, private apartments, reception areas and more. |
158 boulevard Haussmann
metro stop "Miromesnil" or "Saint Philippe du Roule"
Open everyday from 10am to 6pm.
Full rate : 9,50€
Concessions : 7€
www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com |
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