The Château de la Napoule, now a museum and art centre, dates back to the 14th century, and was constructed by the de Villeneuve family. The castle is surrounded by a ... read more
Pavillon de Vendôme, now a museum, was built between 1665 and 1667 for Louis, Duke of Vendôme, as a meeting-place with his lover Lucrète de Forbin Solliés. read more
Domaine de Sceaux, now a museum, dates back to 15th century. It was later owned by Colbert, who recreated the house and gardens, with the support of Charles Lebrun ... read more
Château de Versailles is one the most famous palaces in the world. Not only the palace itself, but also its monumental park and gardens are the best known and most ... read more
Domaine de Saint-Cloud, covers 460 hectares and is one of the most famous French estates. It was created in the 16th century and embellished for Monsieur, the brother ... read more
The Museum Château de Villevêques is a former episcopal residence of the Bishops of Angers, but houses now a large collection of works of art, bequeathed together ... 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
Musée Toulouse Lautrec, Palais de la Berbie, is dedicated to the work of Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as art from earlier periods such as works from Francesco Guardi ... 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 Museum de La Cour d'Or, founded in 1839, brings together Gallo-Roman, medieval and Fine Arts collections. It is a complex comprising the former Abbey des Petits ... read more
The Museum of Fine Arts of Bordeaux (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux), located in two wings separated by the City Hall-Palais Rohan garden, houses ... read more
The Museum of Fine Arts, on the first floor of the Rohan Palace, displays part of the collections of Old Master of the city of Strasbourg. The nucleus of these ... 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 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
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon), created in 1803 and located in a former twelfth century Benedictine convent, features one of the largest ... read more
Musée des beaux-arts de Quimper, inaugurated in 1872, it is one of the main art museums in western France, presenting rich collections of French, Italian, Flemish, and ... read more
Palais Fesch Musée des Beaux-Arts, was built according to the wishes of cardinal Joseph Fesch (1763-1839), archbishop of Lyon, Napoleon I’s maternal uncle. The ... read more
The Gallery of Prints and Drawings (Cabinet des Estampes et des Dessins) has a rich collection of some 150,000 graphic works, covering five centuries and spanning the ... read more
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, opened in 1809, was one of the regional museums created by Napoleon in order to house the confiscated church and other collection fallen ... read more
Hospice Comtesse, a 15th-18th century building, is today the Museum for Art and History of the city of Lille. The hospice originally dates back to 1236 when it ... read more
