Best Art Museums in France
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Louvre Museum
National art and archaeology museum housing a vast collection of Western art from the Middle Ages to 1848, alongside ancient civilizations and Islamic art. It was established in a historic palace during the French Revolution.
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Centre Pompidou
Modern art museum and cultural center known for its high-tech architecture and extensive collection of contemporary artworks.
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Orsay Museum
Beaux-Arts art museum housed in a historic former train station featuring major collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces.
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Petit Palais
Historic art museum showcasing beaux-arts and neoclassical architecture. Features collections of paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts from antiquity to 1914 with free access to permanent and temporary exhibitions.
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Orangerie Museum
Art museum featuring major collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, including Monet's Water Lilies murals. Housed in a historic building within the Tuileries Gardens.
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Rodin Museum
Art museum dedicated to the works of French sculptor Auguste Rodin, featuring an extensive collection of sculptures and set within a beautiful garden.
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Picasso Museum
Art museum dedicated to Pablo Picasso, housing an extensive collection of paintings, sculptures, archives, and related artworks.
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National Museum of the Middle Ages
Museum dedicated to medieval art and artifacts, housed in historic buildings including Roman baths and a medieval mansion. Features a large collection of tapestries, sculptures, paintings, and decorative arts from the Middle Ages.
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Bourse de commerce
The Bourse de commerce is a building in Paris, originally used as a place to negotiate the trade of grain and other commodities, and used…
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Palace of Tokyo
The largest centre in Europe dedicated to contemporary art exhibitions.
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Quai Branly Museum
The Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, located in Paris, France, is a museum designed by French architect Jean Nouvel to feature the…
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Montmartre Museum
This museum maps the bohemian history of Montmartre. It is located in a building dating back to the 17th century where painters such as…
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Decorative Arts Museum
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs is a museum in Paris, France, dedicated to the exhibition and preservation of the decorative arts.
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Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art
The Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, known simply as the Fondation Cartier, is a contemporary art museum located at 261 boulevard…
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Modern Art Museum of Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris or MAM Paris, is a major municipal museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st…
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Jacquemart-André Museum
Formerly the home of Édouard André and Nélie Jaquemart, now a museum allowing its visitors to see the collections this couple managed to…
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National Museum of Asian Arts - Guimet
Explore one of the most intriguing collections of Asian art outside Asia in this museum.
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Eugène Delacroix National Museum
The Musée national Eugène Delacroix, also known as the Musée Delacroix, is an art museum dedicated to painter Eugène Delacroix and located…
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Nissim De Camondo Museum
This beautiful mansion (built in 1911) houses a collection of French decorative arts.
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Gustave Moreau Museum
The Musée national Gustave Moreau is an art museum dedicated to the works of Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau.
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Musée National d'Art Moderne
Housed in the Centre Pompidou, this art museum holds one of the largest collections of modern and contemporary art in the world.
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