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Category: Art Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: pl Georges Pompidou, Paris 75191
This modern building – with its color-coded mechanical systems highly visible on the exterior – has architects debating its merits and tourists enamored of its style and contents. Displays highlight the development of Parisian art from the 18th century to the present and include works by Matisse, Chagall, and Picasso. Located onsite, too, are the...
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Category: Art Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 11, av du Président Wilson, Paris 75016
This museum carries a large collection of avant-garde art from the 20th century, including works by Picasso, Léger, Matisse, and Kandinsky. Also on-hand is Raoul Dufy's large-scale tribute to electricity, "La Fée Electricité" ("Fairy of Electricity"). Surrealism and abstract art, along with other contemporary styles, offers insight into the...
Category: Art Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 1, rue de Bellechasse, Paris 75007
Originally a mammoth iron-and-glass railway station, this museum premiered as an arts complex in 1900. Many visitors consider it to be the most viewer-friendly museum in the world. The museum's holdings date from 1848 through World War I, and three floors of the cavernous, modern landmark showcase applied arts from the Impressionist and...
Category: Art Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 34-36, quai du Louvre, Palais du Louvre, Paris 75001
The world's largest, richest collection of art and antiques occupies the Louvre, the world's largest museum and a one-time royal palace. In 1516, young Leonardo da Vinci came to Paris as painter of the Royal Court, bringing with him the "Mona Lisa." This action began the Royal Palace's transformation into a museum. Originally built in 1190, the...
Category: Art Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 2, rue Louis-Boilly, Paris 75016
For years, this wonderful institution was a repository for illuminations, Renaissance tapestries, and First Empire furniture, artwork, and objects. However, thanks to a 1966 gift of more than 100 Monets, the museum's focus expanded, and its attendance increased. Impressionism is now a great draw, and aside from Monet's works, visitors can browse...
Category: Art Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 79, rue de Varenne, Paris 75007
This museum, set in the Hôtel Biron, is a tribute to one of the world's finest sculptors. Thanks to Rodin's own donations, the facility offers a wealth of objects, including terra cotta, bronze and marble creations. Plaster and wax studies are available as well, along with his sketches, drawings, engravings, and his own collected art. Among the...
Category: Art Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: 5, rue de Thorigny, Paris 75003
In 1923, Picasso made Paris his home, creating his most memorable and lasting works here. After his death in 1973, his family – faced with an astronomical tax debt – donated more than 3,288 works from his estate, including his own private collection of contemporary art. Displayed in chronological order in the elegant, restored Hôtel Salé, the...
Category: Art Museums - Paris Attractions & Activities
Address: Paris
Paris Muse offers a fabulous service, leading expert, private guided tours of Paris's art museums. Guides are actually art historians with vast experience, most are native English speakers with fluent French. Tours are booked to suit your schedule, and while there are pre-planned options, the company will tailor everything to your own individual...
