Museums

Since the opening of the Main Gallery, where the oldest aircraft are displayed, it offers a collection of over 180 machines giving a complete panorama of the aerospace era, from the original "heavier than air" glider Massiat-Biot (1879) to the Ariane rocket. Précédent Suivant The aeronautics museum since 1975France's Air and Space Museum is certainly the oldest aeronautics museum in the world. It was created in Meudon following the first world war, moved to the Bourget in 1975. Since the opening of the Main Gallery, where the oldest aircraft are displayed, it offers a collection of over 180 machines giving a complete panorama of the aerospace era, from the original "heavier than air" glider Massiat-Biot (1879) to the Ariane rocket.…

It is a social museum and is the only one of its kind to relate the history of parisian hospitals from the Middle Ages to modern days. Précédent Suivant Located in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, the museum was before located in the Latin Quarter, close to Notre Dame Cathedral, the museum of "L'Assistance Publique" has occupied the premises of the Miramion hotel since 1934. The building dates back the XVIIth century and was constructed by Francois Mansart.Today, it is a social museum and is the only one of its kind to relate the history of parisian hospitals from the Middle Ages to modern days. Its history cannot be detached from that of the Capital City in which united the hospital to several…

Located on the Left bank on the Seine river at only 500 meters from the Eiffel Tower, the Quai Branly Museum Jeacques-chirac is the most recent of the major museums in Paris. Précédent Suivant Inaugurated in 2006, the modern buildings present a selection of works of art in particular from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the America.The richness of the catalog (more than a million works of art) from this museum increases trough new acquisitions or destinations from the people. It has become a world reference for the art of Oceania and Africa.Location : 37 Quai Branly 75007 ParisPhone : 01 56 61 70 00Official website : https://www.quaibranly.fr  Best hotels in Paris Hotel Le Six Hotel Académie Saint Germain Hôtel Paris Saint Honoré

The public, which has long frequented the La Villette site, will discover the museum through thematic visits and events proposed by its cultural department. Précédent Suivant The public, which has long frequented the La Villette site, will discover the museum through thematic visits and events proposed by its cultural department. Frequent visitors to the Cité constitute a novel public unused to instrument museums. Even non-music-lovers feel at home in this place : the instruments of the collection, reflecting the history of erudite Western music, but also that of popular and traditional musics, are beautiful objects born of the knowhow of instrument-makers, the symbols of a wide variety of cultures. The Cité de la Musique is a place of teaching and…

This interesting museum, located at the north-west side of the forest of Vincennes, in a building designed for the Colonial Exhibition in 1931, was originally called the Museum of the Colonies, and later the Museum of Overseas France. Its facade contains a fresco depicting the contributions made by France's overseas colonies. It houses one of the best collections of African and Oceanic art in Europe, however, not all of it from former French colonies. Design The architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers had chosen to construct a building with visible, external Organ, free from traditional asthetic constraints, in order to leave all of the interior space available. The Collection Beginning on the ground floor, on one side, you can find…

The diversity of the contents of the Museum of Hunting and Animal Art (paintings, artefacts, arms and stuffed animals) makes it a particularly attractive venue, with something for all tastes, in a very fine architectural setting. Précédent Suivant In Paris, the Museum of Hunting and Nature is situated in the historic Marais district. It occupies the Hotel de Guenegaud, built by François Mansart in the middle of the 17th century. The diversity of the contents of the Museum of Hunting and Nature (paintings, artefacts, arms and stuffed animals) makes it a particularly attractive venue, with something for all tastes, in the very fine architectural setting. Hunting and game, alive or dead, have long been a source of inspiration to artists.…

The largest of the three museums in Le Louvre is the Museum of Decorative Arts. Founded in 1877, this is an enormous museum, except by the standards of the building housing it - the Louvre - of which it takes up the Tuileries end of the north wing. However, the museum is being reorganized and alterations will be going on until 2005. CollectionsThe collections of this museum focus on the art of living from the Middle Ages to the present day. Some 220 000 pieces - ceramics, glassware, goldsmith work, jewellery, furniture, wallpaper, drawings and toys - are kept in its various departments, housed since 1905 in the Marsan wing of the Palais du Louvre.The museum is filled with all…

Recently remodeled, the Jeu de Paume has been transformed into an exhibition hall for contempory art. Précédent Suivant Napoleon III authorized in 1851 the members of the circle of the Paume to build the "Jeu de Paume" under the condition that they respect the style of the Orangerie Buildings. It hosted exhibitions at the beginning of the century, and was turned into the Museum of Impressionnist in 1922. In 1987, the collection of impressionist art was transferred to the Musée d'Orsay. Recently remodeled, the Jeu de Paume has been transformed into an exhibition hall for contempory art.Inside, the design of the staircase and the galleries and its white walls and wooden floors, emphasize the height of the building.Location : 1 Place…

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. Précédent Suivant 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, which, in its traditional french sense, names a private mansion in the city, with courtyard and garden, that was socially meant for giving receptions and parties. Some museum owe their existence to a collector's passion or to the ingenuity of a scholar or of an explorer others have a much more romantic origin, as is the…

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. Précédent Suivant In 1896, the hotel particuliar was donated to the City of Paris and turned into a museum.CollectionThe Collection is made up of some of the most beautiful pieces of chinese art that can be found in Europe. Initially, there were around 5 000 pieces made from bronze, ceramic, ivory, etc...Today, you can find over 10 000 pieces. Thanks to a judicious acquisitional policy, the museum possesses an outstanding ensemble of ancient Chinese art : neolithic pottery, jades, ivories, archaic bronzes and fuerary statuettes. Besides the masterpieces of ancient painting, the Museum…