Museums
Musée D’Ennery Paris
Decorative Arts of the Far East a magnificent collection of nearly 7000 objects gathered by Clémence d’Ennery in the last century, presented in its authentical baroque “Napoleon III Hotel” architectural context. Decorative Arts of the Far East A magnificent collection of nearly 7000 objects gathered by Clémence d’Ennery in the last century, presented in its […]
Cernuschi Museum
Situated at the Parc Monceau, the Cernuschi Museum houses the collection of chinese art. Mansion was built by the reknown architect Bowlens for Mr. Cernuschi in 1873. In 1896, the hotel particuliar was donated to the City of Paris and turned into a museum. Collection The Collection is made up of some of the most […]
Museum Jacquemart-André
The Museum Jacquemart-André, which was once the residence of Edouard André and his wife, houses a wonderful collection of fine objects. Edouard André was an officer in the Imperial Guards and one of the most popular men at court. And in 1869, he built a handsome residence for himself in the newly laid out elegant […]
Guimet Museum
If the atmosphere and the singular cachet of this place first disconcerts, then enchants our visitors, it is because a visit to the Hotel Heidelbach, a jewel of French architecture, encloses at the same time a Buddhist sanctuary, a Museum ot Fine Arts and a Japanese Garden, a real haven of peace. Complementing all this […]
Arab World Institute
The Arab World Institute, symbol of the partnership between France and twenty-one Arab countries, generates a dialogue between cultures that have been in frequent contacts for centuries and this partnership work together there, on a day-to-day basis, to rebuild their common past. It takes you on a voyage in time and space into a complex […]
Nation Museum of Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History presents many spaces dedicated to knowledge. The Great Hall of Evolution It is a 6 000 m2 permanente exhibition, devoted to the evolution of life. It is divided into three themes : The first theme illustrates the diversity of the living world today ; The second thme shows how […]
Coin and Medal Museum of Paris
The coin and Medal Museum is the first large museum devoted to the history of French coinage. There was nothing comparable before it was founded in 1988. The coin and Medal Museum has opted to give preference to an historical and technical approach of French coinage. Each room presents the principal coins which marked the […]
Cognacq-Jay Museum
This museum houses some well-known paintings by Chardin, Watteau, Boucher, Drouais, Tiepolo, Wright of Derby, Reynolds, Lawrence and very many charming genre scenes. The 16th- century Hotel Donon has become the home of the Musee Cognacq-Jay. The facade and much of the collection is from the eighteenth-century. Covering four floors surrounding a courtyard, the twenty […]
Carnavalet Museum
Located in a Renaissance mansion of the Marais, medieval heart of Paris, the Carnavalet museum presents a true evocation of parisian life from Roman times to 1900. History This museum dedicated to Paris memory is formed of two famous XVIth and XVIIth mansions offering a circuit of more than 140 rooms displaying archeological remains from […]
Jean-Jacques Henner Museum
In this mansion of the 19th century, one can discover and admire Henner works and feel his artistic evolution. In this 17th district of Paris, drawn by Haussman, this hotel built for a painter in 1878, became the property of the portraitist Guillaume Dubuffe. In accordance with the wish of her uncle, Mrs Jules Henner […]
Nissim de Camondo Museum
Built in 1910, by the well respected jewish banker Count Moïse de Camondo this reproduction of an 18th century aristocratic mansion is located in the residential Plaine Monceau. Built in 1910, by the well respected jewish banker Count Moïse de Camondo this reproduction of an 18th century aristocratic mansion is located in the residential Plaine […]
Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain
The aim of the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain is to present the work of living artists around the world and to promote a wide range of contemporary art from painting and sculpture to photography and video. Founded in 1984 and established since 1994 in Paris in a building designed by the architect Jean Nouvel […]
Maritime Museum
A museum of art and history, of science and technique, of popular tradition and human adventure, the Maritime museum is a gathering point for all those who share an enthusiasm for our maritime heritage. Created on the basis of a collection given in 1748 to King Louis XV, the Maritime museum retraces over three centuries […]
Wine Museum
200 meters from the Eiffel Tower, along the right side of the Seine River, you’ll discover in Water Street, some cellars miraculously conserved, the old cellars of the Passy Abbaye. Let’s discover… 200 meters from the Eiffel Tower, along the right side of the Seine River, you’ll discover in Water Street, some cellars miraculously conserved, the […]
Moreau Museum
This museum, which opened its doors in 1903, houses his 6000 oil paintings, drawings and watercolors. This house has attracted Andre Breton and the Surrealists in the period between the two World Wars. The Collection Influenced by the English Pre-Raphaelitites, Moreau created jewel-encrusted fantasies of a mythological world or the sombre splendour of Byzantium. His […]
Cluny Museum – Medieval Museum
This is a particulary fine example of a large private dwelling, built in the 15th century. History Built on the site of the Roman thermal baths of Lutetia, dating from the second or third century, the west side still stands and is one of the most remarkable Gallo-Roman monuments. In the Middle Ages, houses were […]
Auguste Rodin Museum
The museum houses the world’s greatest collection of Rodin’s sculpture and drawings like Les Bourgeois de Calais, Le Penseur, Balzac, La Porte de l’Enfer, Ugolini et fils are exhibited in the garden. Formerly the Hotel Biron, today, this is now the home for the Rodin Museum. Inside, many of the rooms have preserved their original […]
Grand Palais
Built for the 1900 World’s Fair, just at the Place de la Concorde, you will see two structures covered by domes of iron and glass known as the Petit Palais and the Grand Palais. Design With its 240 metre-long façade (entered from Avenue Franklin Roosevelt), the Grand Palais is used for various exhibitions. Part of […]
Petit Palais
Built for the 1900 World’s Fair, just at the Place de la Concorde you will see two structures covered by domes of iron and glass known as the Petit Palais and the Grand Palais. Design With its 240 metre-long façade (entered from Avenue Franklin Roosevelt), the Grand Palais is used for various exhibitions. Part of the […]
Marmottan Monet Museum
Housed in the nineteenth-century residence of the collector and art historian Paul Marmottan, whose fine collection of medieval, Flemish, Renaissance and Napoleonic art he left to the Institut de France in 1932. You can find wonderful pieces such as Gauguin’s Bowl of Tahitian Flowers, Corot’s The Lake at Ville d’Avray seen through Trees and Sisley’s […]