Museums
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 […]