Top Museums and Galleries in Paris
“A museum is a place where one should lose one’s head.” – Renzo Piano
If there is something that Paris is famous for, it’s for its cultural richness. This is best embodied by a large number of museums and galleries that can be found across the length and breadth of the city, where young and old come to discover or rediscover one of the aspects that make the French capital so fascinating: its artistic display.
From the Old Masters at the Louvre to the contemporary creations of the Palais de Tokyo or the Musée d'Orsay’s Impressionist works, Paris has galleries and museums that cater to your wildest artistic demands.
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
One of the most controversial buildings in Paris (together with the Eiffel Tower, The Pyramide of the Louvre and the Opera de Bastille) the Centre Georges Pompidou has one of the world's finest collections of modern art.
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Musée D'Orsay, Paris
The vast, grand old Gare D'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station, now the Musée d'Orsay, is as spectacular as the greatest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist works in the world, which is on display here.
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Musée Rodin, Paris
Opened in 1919, the Musée Rodin is dedicated to the works of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. You can see some of his most famous works, including The Thinker, The Kiss and The Gates of Hell, as well as its beautiful gardens in which many of the sculptures are displayed, plus Rodin's own personal collection of art.
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Musée du Louvre, Paris
With over 35,000 objects, including Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the Louvre is the largest museum in the world and a historical monument.
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Petit Palais, Paris
The Petit Palais was originally built to host the 1900 World Exhibition and is now the Paris Museum of Fine Arts.
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Picasso Museum, Paris
The Hôtel Salé, a sumptuous 17th-century hôtel particulier, is now the Musée National Picasso, home to the world’s largest public collection of Picasso’s work.
