Paris - Museums

Louvre: Link
The world's largest art museum, featuring permanent displays of the most famous world artists (e.g., Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa). Don't skip an impressive glass pyramid.

Pompidou Centre: Link
Designed in the style of high-tech architecture. It houses the largest museum for modern art in Europe, a vast public library, and a music center. Don't miss the nearby Stravinsky Fountain.

Hôtel National Des Invalides: Link
A complex of buildings and monuments relating to military history of France including the tomb of Napoleon.

Musée D'orsay: Link
Located in a former railway station, it houses an extensive collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces.

Rodin Museum: Link
Primarily dedicated to the works of sculptor Auguste Rodin

Quai Branly M.: Link
Showcasing the indigenous cultures and arts of Africa, Oceania, Asia, and the Americas

 

Paris is also home to numerous cultural centers, boutique museums, small art galleries & ateliers:

59 Rivoli: Link
An art collective in a former squat, with 30 artists' studios & an exhibition space

l'Atelier des Lumières: Link
A digital art museum located in a former foundry where you can experience art through light

Louis Vuitton Foundation: Link
Art museum and cultural center

Musée du Parfum: Link
A paradise for both perfume experts and amateurs 

Musée des Arts Forains: Link 

Sewers Museum: Link 

Les Caves du Louvre: Link 

Hotel de Cluny: Link 

 

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