The Jardin des Plantes (28 ha), planted in 1635, as a former Royal medicinal herb garden (the 'Jardin royal des plantes médicinales'), is today the main ... read more
The Parc de la Villette (55.5 ha) has ten themed gardens and houses the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris, a science museum (Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie) ... read more
The Musée du Luxembourg is part of the Palais du Luxembourg and is today one of the leading exhibition spaces in Paris, and houses masterpieces of Botticelli, Raphaël, ... read more
The Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre is the world's largest and best known museum in the world. Containing former royal collections and Napoleon's acquisitions ... read more
The Musée d'Orsay, installed in the former Orsay railway station, built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900, displays collections of art from the period 1848 to ... read more
The Centre Pompidou, is a world famous cultural centre housing the Musée National d'Art Moderne, the Bibliothèque publique d'information (Public Information ... read more
The Quai Branly Museum is a museum focusing on the indigenous art and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. The collection is extremely diverse, both in ... read more
The Musée Rodin, opened in 1919, is dedicated to the work of the world renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840 – 1917), who donated his whole collection, including the ... read more
The Musée de Cluny- Musée national du Moyen Âge, located in the the Hôtel de Cluny and the vestiges of the Thermes de Cluny, features a vast collection from ... read more
MAM-Museum of Modern Art Paris (Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris), is presenting all the main European and international artistic trends from the beginning of the 20th ... read more
Musée National Picasso-Paris is dedicated to the works of Pablo Picasso (1881 – 8 April 1973), painter, sculptor, ceramist, printmaker and theatre designer, and one ... read more
Musée de l'Orangerie, inaugurated in 1927, is an art gallery dedicated to impressionist and post-impressionist paintings. The museum houses the eight famous Water ... read more
The Rmn-Grand Palais, or officially “Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais”, was built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition, together with the Petit Palais ... read more
The Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle-MNHN, part of the Sorbonne Universities, is the main museum of its kind in France, with 14 sites throughout the country. It ... read more
The Army Museum (Musée de l'Armée), located at the Hôtel National des Invalides, is the French national military museum. It houses one of the richest military ... read more
The Musée Carnavalet is dedicated to the history of Paris and is housed in two neighbouring mansions: the Hôtel Carnavalet and the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint ... read more
The Musée Jacquemart-André was the private home of the collectors couple Edouard André (1833–1894) and Nélie Jacquemart (1841–1912). After his death the latter ... read more
The Musée des Arts et Métiers, or officially the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, was founded in 1794 by Henri Grégoire, and is a museum for ... read more
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs Paris, housed in a wing of the Louvre, is dedicated to the decorative arts from medieval times to the present day. There are ... read more
The Musée Marmottan Monet contains the world's leading collections of the works of Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) and Berthe Morisot (1841 – 1895), a significant ... read more