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Museums of Paris
There are simply too many to list, but we provide some of our favorites and the most popular.
Paris museums are generally open from 9 or 10am until 5 or 6pm, but some open later and close at 8 or 9pm. Most museums are closed on Monday or Tuesday, but some are open 7 days a week and some are open very late. Many museums and monuments are open late twice a week, until 9 or 10pm.
They light them up at night... 276 monuments, hotels, churches, fountains, bridges and canals, starting with the Eiffel Tower, the "queen" of the illuminations.
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Tour Guides in English (pdf)
Musée D'Art Moderne
Balzac Museum
Bourdelle Museum
History of Paris Museum
Musée d'Art Asiatique
Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-Arts
The Catacombs
Musée Jean Moulin
Musée de la Vie Romantique
Maisons de Victor Hugo
Musée Zadkine
(City of Paris Museum of Modern Art)
11, avenue du Président Wilson
75116 Paris
Informations: 00 33 1 53 67 40 00
The museum's permanent collection gives an overview of some of the main movements in European modern and contemporary art : Fauvism, Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, The School of Paris, abstract art, New Realism, "Supports/Surface", Narrative Figuration...
Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and Winged Victory...
Musée du Louvre
F-75058 Paris Cedex 01
+33 1 40 20 53 17
Open every day except Tuesdays, from 9am to 6.45pm (9.45pm on Wednesdays and Fridays).
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Home of the Louvre's collection of art from 1848 through 1914. Fabulous Impressionist collection as you would imagine.
Home to Claude Monet's Water Lilies as well as the Jean Walter-Paul Guillaume Collection. Currently, it comprises 25 works by Renoir, 15 by Cézanne, 1 each by Gauguin, Monet and Sisley, all from the Impressionist period.
From the 20th century, the museum boasts 12 works by Picasso, 10 by Matisse, 5 by Modigliani, 5 by Marie Laurencin, 9 by Douanier Rousseau, 29 by Derain, 10 by Utrillo, 22 by Soutine and 1 by Van Dongen.
The National Museum of Modern Art represents one of the world's finest collections of modern and contemporary art from 1905 to the present day: Mir, Giacometti, Dubuffet, Picasso, Matisse, Leger, Chagall, Kandinsky, Warhol, Ben, César... The Brancusi workshop presents a magnificent collection of works by Constantin Brancusi, major artist in the history of modern sculpture.
Place Georges Pompidou
Open every day except Tuesdays, from 9am to 6.45pm (9.45pm on Wednesdays and Fridays).
Other Museums... there are over 100 in Paris
Musée du Vin - exhibition of instruments and objects evocative of French wines and vineyards. Also wine-tastings and seminars, and sale of wine
Rue des Eaux 5, square Charles Dickens
Rodin Museum Bronze and marble work by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). Open from 10am to 5:45pm. 79, rue de Varenne - 75007 Paris
Musée Marmottan Monet Over 300 Impressionist works by Claude Monet. Open from 10am to 6pm Tuesday to Sunday. 2, rue Louis-Boilly - 75016 Paris
Picasso National Museum - a must visit for Picasso fans
Hôtel Salé, 5, rue de Thorigny
Musée Delacroix - The museum is located in the painter's last apartment
Musée du Chocolat - Open every day
from 10 am to 6 pm. Closed New Years and Christmas.
Musée Édith Piaf - open by appointment; admission is free.
Chateau et Parc de Chantilly - beautiful gardens and museum featuring historical paintings
Centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg) - National Museum of Modern Art, the Public Information Library
Chateau de Chantilly Museum & Park
Chateau de Versailles
Jardin du Luxembourg - family fun - pony rides, ice-cream stands and week-end marionette shows
La Maison Rouge - temporary exhibitions of contemparary art
10 Boulevard de la Bastille
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