Museums

Musee Picasso

The Musée Picasso is situated in the heart of historic Paris, and has a collection of several thousand works of Pablo Picasso. Picasso was born in 1881 and he began to study art in 1895. During his life he created diverse works: painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, engraving, and even poetry. After his death in 1973, many of Picasso's works went to the French state, which decided to form a museum with the collection. To house the collection, they chose to use a seventeenth-century hotel, situated in the Marais. This is the Hôtel Salé that was built in 1656 for the general more..

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address:	Hôtel Salé; 5, rue de Thorigny , 75003 Paris
connections:	Metro: Saint-Paul, Chemin-Vert, Filles du Calvaire
openings:	Mon, Wed – Sun 9.30am – 6pm

Dali Museum

Sculpture of Persistance in Memory
photo by: Greg S.

The Espace Dali-Montmartre was set up by the Stratton Foundation, a non profit-making association operating from Lichtenstein whose main aim is to promote Art.

The Stratton Foundation owns and holds on deposit the largest collection of sculptures by Salvador Dali. After displaying the works in museums throughout the world, the Foundation decided, in 1991, to open a permanent exhibition in honour of Salvador Dali and it selected Paris as its location.

This is the first museum in France to be devoted to works by the great Catalan artist. The 1000 sqm of Surrealist more..

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address:	11, rue Poulbot, 75018 Paris
connections:	Metro: Anvers + RER - Abbesses - Blanche – Pigalle. Bus: 64- 80.
openings:	daily without interruption, including public holidays, from 10 am to 6 pm
tel:	01 42 64 40 10

Musee de l'art Juif

Set up since 1948 on the 4th floor of the Jewish Center in Montmartre, the museum presents Jewish history and art, mostly through cult objects (clothing, lamps, books, hands...). There are also models of synagogues from 17th and 18th centuries in Poland, an old model of Jerusalem and moldings representing the tombs of the Jewish cemetery in Prague. The museum also has modern paintings from artists like Chagall, Pissaro, Pascin, Benn etc., and encourages young, Jewish artists of today with an art award.

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admission:	about 30 F
address:	42, rue des Saules, 75018 Paris
openings:	daily from 3-6pm, except Fri and Sat, closed in Aug and Jewish holidays.
tel:	01 42 57 84 15
connctions:	Metro Lamarck-Caulaincourt (line 12)

Musée National du Moyen Age – Thermes de Cluny

This is the museum of Medieval Art in Paris. It is built right next to the Termes de Paris. It houses a very interesting collections of carpets and other artefacts from the Middle Ages. Also check out the collection of stained glass, manuscript and sculpture. There are quite a few Roman remains on exposition as well.

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address:	Place Paul-Poinlevé
connections:	Metro: Cluny – La Sorbonne
openings:	Mon, Wed – Sun 9.15am – 5.45pm

Louvre

The Louvre
photo by: Katherine Walton

The Louvre is one of the most important museums. Here you find a short list of the best things to see in the Louvre if you only have a day on your hands. If you have more than a day, you can see all of the museum.

Not only the contents of the museum are worthwhile, the buildings are quite impressive themselves. They are a fine mixture of classical architecture with a few modern elements.

Oriental Antiquities

The Department of Oriental Antiquities preserves works which originate from a huge area stretching from the Indus to the Mediterranean, which more..

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connections:	Metro: Musee du Louvre, Louvre-Rivoli
admission:	about 45 FF, first Sun of month free

Hotel des Invalides

Les Invalides comprises different museums, including: the Musée de l'Armée, the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, the Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération and L'Eglise de St-Louis-des-Invalides. Together these museums and the impressive architecture that houses them make the Hotel des Invalides worth a visit.

In 1670, Louis XIV founded Les Invalides near what was then called the Grenelle Plain. It was to serve as a home for retired soldiers, and the construction was paid for by the Amry and the soldiers themsleves. Construction followed plans drawn up by Libéral Bruant, and was more..

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address:	Esplanade des Invalides , 75007 Paris

Musee Rodin

Auguste Roding is presumably the most famous sculptor of France. The museum dedicated to him, shows works from different periods of his life. The museum has a very nice sculpture garden, that can be visited separately. Entry to the sculpture garden is 5FF.

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address:	77, rue de Varenne
connections:	Métro: Varenne or Invalides
openings:	10h - 17h45 (Ticket office closes 16h30), closed on Mondays.
tel:	44 18 61 24

Musee Marmottan

The Musee Marmottan houses a good collection of impressionist art, best of all are the Monet paintings they have here. Furthermore they have a very large collection of Empire artefects, paintings and bronzes.

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address:	2, rue Louis Boilly, 75016 PARIS
tel:	01 42 24 07 02

Musee d'Orsay

musse d orsay
photo by: hafez

The Musée d'Orsay is an old trainstation converted into a Museum. The conversion has been very successful and the museum is worth a visit for the special setting alone. The old Gare (train station) d'Orsay was built by Victor Laloux and inaugurated in 1900 for the Universal Exhibition. The station was closed in 1939.

The museum was opened in December 1986 and was dedicated to all artistic production from 1848 to 1914. Paintings, pastels, sculptures, furniture and objets d'art, photography and documentary objects reflect the richness and diversity of this era.

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address:	Quai d’Orsay
connections:	Metro: Solferino / RER: Musee d’Orsay
openings:	Winter: 10 am - 6 pm, Sun: 9 am - 6 pm. Summer: 9 am - 6 pm. Late night opening: Thur till 9.45 pm.
admission:	about 35 FF. / Red. 24 FF

Musee des Arts Africains et Oceaniens

Art from Mali, Ivory Coast, New Guinea and Australia — as well as a tropical aquarium. (open Sat and Sun 10 am-5:30 pm).

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address:	293 Ave. Daumesnil (12th)
openings:	Mon, Wed, Thur and Fri 10-11:50 am and 1:30-5:30 pm, Sat and Sun 12:30-5:30 pm.
tel:	+31-1-4474-8480
admission:	about 30 F adults, free for children under age 18

Cité des Sciences

This is one of the most visited museums of Paris. It is a bit outside of the center, in the North East, but easy to reach with the subway/metro system. It has many shows on Natural Sciences, a big Planetarium and interesting things for kids as well.

Media library and Science actualités newspaper room (at the entrance to the media library) open from 12 noon to 8 pm.

Cité des métiers/Cité's vocational guidance centre: from Tuesday to Friday, 10 am to 6 pm, Saturday, 12 noon to 6 pm, closed on Sunday, Monday and Bank Holidays.

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address:	Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, 30, avenue Corentin-Cariou, 75930 Paris cedex 19
connections:	Métro: Porte de La Villette, Buses: 75, 139, 150, 152, PC
openings:	from Tue to Sat, 10 am to 6 pm, Sun 10 am to 7 pm, closed on Mon.
tel:	(33) (0)1 40 05 70 00

Musée de l'Orangerie

This museum in the Tuilleries Gardens has some important collections but its principal claim to fame is possession of four huge paintings of water lilies by Claude Monet. The history is explained on http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/orangerie/musee.html

Hours [closed Tuesday]  09.45 - 15.15

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url:	www.paris.org
address:	Place de la Concorde, Jardin des Tuileries, 1st Arrondissement.
tel:	42 97 48 16.

Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais

The Grand Palais shows very good expositions. For current expositions you can consult the calendar page of the website of paris.org .

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address:	Porte Champs-Elysées, 3, avenue du Général-Eisenhower , 75008 Paris
connections:	Metro:Champs Elysées-Clemenceau

Musee de Montmartre

Musée
photo by: Musée de Montmartre

Built in 1680, the house first was a village house to an actor of the Moliere acting troupe. At the turn of this century, the wing that looked onto the street was divided up into artist studios and housed Dufy, Suzanne Valadon and her son Utrillo. Opened in 1960, the museum retraces the live of the old Montmartre village.

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connection:	Metro: Anvers (line 2), Abbesses, Lamarck-Caulaincourt (line 12)
address:	12 rue Cortot (street), 75018 Paris
openings:	from 11 am -6 pm daily except Mondays
tel:	01 46 06 61 11

Musée du Petit Palais

The Petit Palais and its neighbor the Grand Palais were built as exhibition halls for the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1900; both buildings are showcases of the flamboyant art nouveau architecture that flourished in Belle Époque Paris.

After its opening the Petit Palais was used to show the works bought from the Parisien Salons. You can find ancient artifacts, medieval objects, rare manuscripts and books, Dutch paintings from the seventeenth century. The collection includes western art from the Egyptian era to the present.

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address:	Av. Winston-Churchill, 8th Arrondissement.
connections:	Métro: Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau
openings:	10h - 17h40 daily (closed Monday and holidays)
tel:	42 65 12 73

Institut du Monde Arabe

Founded in 1980, this contemporary take on Arab architecture has photo-sensitive windows that regulate the flow of light into the building. The musem houses both temporary and permanent collections of art representative of the Arab world as well as a large collection on books and other documents. I have seen there once a beautifull exhibition of old Turkish kilims.

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address:	1 Rue des Fossees St. Bernard (5th)
openings:	Tuesday-Sunday 10 am-6 pm
tel:	+33-1-4051-3838

Musée Jacquemart-André

Imagine an artistic journey to the heart of the Italian Renaissance, the masterpieces of the XVIIIth Century French School and Flemish masters. Imagine these treasures at only a stone's throw from the Champs Elysées, exhibited in a sumptuous town house that still has all the splendour and atmosphere of the Second Empire. This is the dream that Nélie Jacquemart and Edouard André invite you to share.