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Le Petit Palais
Built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900, this museum presents works since Antiquity until end of the XIXth century. The collections are organised in two major parts : the ancient art fund (French, Flemish, Renaissance, XVIIIth century art) and the XIXth century French art fund (Doré, Delacroix, Monet, Pissaro, Sisley, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec...).
Le Petit Palais (Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris)
5, avenue Dutuit - Paris 75008
open: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
closed: Monday and bank holidays
Permanent exhibition FREE
late night opening: Thuesday (8 p.m.) during temporary exhibitions
Métro : Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau (lines 1/13) or Concorde (lines 1/8/12)
Arrondissement : 8 (apartments in the 8th arrondissement)
Le Musee Carnavalet (Museum of Paris history)
Located in the Marais, this musee is made of two, "hotels particuliers" built in the XVI and XVII century, Mme de Sévigné used to live in the Hotel Carnavalet. You'll be amazed by the hundred rooms presenting the history of Paris, starting from the prehistory to Louis XVI up to nowadays.
Le Musee Carnavalet
23, Rue de Sévigné- Paris 75003
open: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
closed: Monday and bank holidays
Permanent exhibition FREE
Métro : Chemin Vert (Line 8) St Paul (line 1)
Arrondissement : 3 (apartments in the 3rd arrondissement)
La Maison de Victor Hugo (Victor Hugo Home)
Located in the Marais, on the 2nd floor of the Hotel Rohan Guéménéé, this place was rented by Victor Hugo from 1832 to 1848 (were he wrote some major books, including a part of Les Miserables). This museum was created in 1902 for the centennial of his birth, and has the best collection of original manuscript from this author. You'll enjoy as well, paintings, pictures, furnitures, all based on Victor Hugo master works.
La Maison de Victor Hugo
6, place des Vosges Hôtel de Rohan-Guéménée - Paris 75004
open: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
closed: Monday and bank holidays
Permanent exhibition FREE
Métro : Bastille (lines 1,5,8)
Arrondissement : 04 (apartments in the 4th arrondissement)
La Maison de Balzac (Balzac Home)
Located in the Passy Area, this is where the famous writer wrote the "Comedie Humaine". In a XVIII century house, you'll discover, personal effects, manuscript, but also a lot of paintings, gravure, furnitures, from close comptemporaneus artists.
La Maison de Balzac
47, rue Raynouard - Paris 75016
open: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
closed: Monday and bank holidays
Permanent exhibition FREE
Métro : Passy (lines 6)
Arrondissement : 16 (apartments in the 16th arrondissement)
l'Atelier Brancusi (The Brancusi Workshop)
L'Atelier Brancusi is a reconstruction of the workshop, with original furnitures and tools, of the sculptor Constantin Brancusi. You can discover most of his sculptures (finished but sketches too) in their original spirit : Brancusi was preoccupied by the relation between sculptures and space.
L'Atelier Brancusi
Beaubourg Piazza - 19, rue Beaubourg - Paris 75004
open: 2 pm to 6 pm
free entrance all year long
closed: Tuesdays and May 1st
Métro : Rambuteau (line 11) / châtelet les halles (RER)
Arrondissement : 4 (apartments in the 4th arrondissement)
Free entrance for the following museums first sunday of the month Le Louvre
Most famous museum of Paris, and one of the largest in the world, Le Louvre presents a permanent collection of 35000 works (Archeology, Decorative Arts, Jewellery, Furniture, Painting, Sculpture, Textile, Graphic art...) since High Antiquity (-7000) until 1850.
Musée du Louvre
Pyramide - Cour Napoléon
34, 36 quai du Louvre – Paris 75001
open:
Museum: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (except Monday, 1/01, 1/05, 8/05, 15/08) Pyramid: 9 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Closed : Tuesday, 1st January, 1st May, 8th May, 25th December
Museum late night : opening on Wednesday, Friday (10 p.m.)
Métro : Palais Royal – musée du Louvre (lines 1,7)
Arrondissement : 1 (apartments in the 1st arrondissement)
Musée Picasso
Located in a beautiful mansion : the « hôtel particulier » Salé, the Picasso Museum presents more than 3000 works of the artists including paintings, sculptures, drawings, ceramics etc.
Musée Picasso
Hôtel Salé - 5, rue de Thorigny – Paris 75003
open :
Summer : April 1st - September 30 : 9.30 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Winter : October 1st - Mars 31 : 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
closed: Tuesday, 01/01
Métro : Saint-Paul / Saint-Sébastien Froissart / Chemin Vert
Arrondissement : 3 (apartments in the 3rd arrondissement)
Musée des thermes de Cluny (Museum of medieval art)
The museum, located between the gallo-romans ruins and a medieval hotel, presents master works of the medieval art and in particular the famous tapestries called The Lady with the Unicorn (« La Dame à la licorne »).
Musée national du Moyen Âge - Thermes et hôtel de Cluny
6, place Paul Painlevé - Paris 75005
open : 9.15 a.m. - 17.45 p.m.
closed : Thuesday, 1st January, 1st May, 25 December
Métro : Cluny-La Sorbonne / Saint-Michel / Odéon
Arrondissement : 5 (apartments in the 5th arrondissement)
Musée d'Orsay
Originally a train station built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900, this museum is dedicated to all artistic production (Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Furniture, Cinema, Photography etc) from 1848 to 1914.
Chronologically the collections presented in the Musee d'Orsay are before the one of the Louvre and after the one of the Musée d'Art Moderne Beaubourg.
Musée d'Orsay
62, rue de Lille – Paris 75007
open : 9.30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
closed : Monday, 1st January, 1st May, 25th December
late night opening: Thursday (9.45 p.m)
Métro : Solférino (Line 12)
Arrondissement : 7 (apartments in the 7th arrondissement)
Musée Rodin
This museum, located in a XVIIIth century mansion, presents sculptures (marble, bronze, plaster etc) but also drawins from the sculptor Auguste Rodin. In addition, works from others artists, coming from the personal collection of Rodin, a exposed too. Few master works (and especally the famous Thinker) are exposed in the garden.
Musée Rodin
77, rue de Varenne – Paris 7
Métro : Varenne, Invalides, Saint-François-Xavier
Open :
Winter (October - March): 9.30 a.m. - 4.45 p.m.
Summer (April - September) : 9.30 a.m. - 5.45 p.m.
Closed : Monday, 01/01, 01/05, 25/12
Arrondissement : 7 (apartments in the 7th arrondissement)
Musée des arts asiatiques-Guimet
Major center for the knowledge of Asian civilizations, this museem presents one of the largest collection in the world (45000 objects), of all types of Asian art and in particular an amazing collection of archeology and antics objects.
Musée des Arts asiatiques - Guimet
6, place d'Iéna - 19, avenue d'Iéna - Paris 75008
open : 10 a.m – 6 p.m.
closed : Tuesday
Métro : Iéna (9)
Arrondissement : 8 (apartments in the 8th arrondissement)
Musée National d'Art Moderne (Beaubourg)
Well known for his curious architecture , the Pompidou Center is a great cultural Center. It contains the Musée National d'Art Moderne which presents works since 1905 until present time. The museem is divides in two majors sections : moderne art (since 1905 until 1960) and contemporary art (since 1960 until now).
Musée National d'Art Moderne
Beaubourg Piazza – Paris 75004
open : 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
closed : Tuesday and 1st May
Métro : Rambuteau (11) / châtelet les halles (RER)
Arrondissement : 4 (apartments in the 4th arrondissement)
Le château de Versailles
Commissioned by Louis XV The Château de Versailles was the official residence of the royal court until the french revolution.
Considered as the high point of French art and architecture during the 17th and 18th centuries The Château de Versailles is the prototype of French classical art.
The gardens, designed by Le Nôtre, represents the quintessence of the « jardin à la française ».
Château de Versailles
open :
summer : April 3t - October 31 : 9 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
winter : November 1st - April 2d : 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
closed: Monday, May 1st, May 28th, December 25th
By train :
RER ligne C
direction Versailles-rive-gauche-château
from Montparnasse station
train SNCF direction Versailles-Chantiers
from Saint-Lazare station
train SNCF direction Versailles-rive-droite
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