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Musée Rodin
Sculpture moves between the rooms of the Hôtel Biron and its garden, making this a visit with two different tempos.
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Places with a point of view
Discover the spaces that give Paris its character.
Discover the spaces that give Paris its character. An editor’s starting point for discovering another side of Paris.
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Musée Picasso-Paris
Follow Picasso’s changing forms through the Hôtel Salé, a Marais mansion whose architecture deserves its own attention.
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Musée de Cluny
Medieval art meets ancient stone in the Latin Quarter, with the Lady and the Unicorn as a reason to linger.
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Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Furniture, objects and design offer a different way into Parisian taste, beside the Louvre and the Tuileries.
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Musée des Arts et Métiers
Inventions, mechanisms and transport turn the history of technology into something tangible, inside a former priory.
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Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
Arts from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas invite a longer look, with a planted garden beside the Seine.
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Musée Marmottan Monet
Make the journey west for Monet and other collections in a mansion near the Jardin du Ranelagh.
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Musée Jacquemart-André
An art collection inside a grand private residence, where the rooms are as much a part of the visit as the paintings.
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Musée de Montmartre
Paintings, local history and the Renoir gardens offer a quieter way to understand the neighbourhood beyond the main square.
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Jeu de Paume
A place to build an afternoon around photography and moving images, at the western end of the Tuileries.
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Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection
Contemporary art meets a circular historic building, with Tadao Ando’s concrete intervention reshaping the interior.
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Fondation Louis Vuitton
Frank Gehry’s glass sails make the building a destination before you even reach the art inside.
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Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine
Architectural models and monumental casts change how you look at the buildings waiting outside on the streets.
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Musée de l’Homme
An anthropology stop at the Palais de Chaillot, pairing questions about humanity with a visit to Trocadéro.
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Palais Galliera
Fashion gets the museum treatment in a purpose-built palace: choose the exhibition before planning the visit.
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Musée de la Libération de Paris
Occupation, resistance and liberation are explored beside Denfert-Rochereau, on a site tied to the events of 1944.
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Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature
Animals, objects and contemporary art make an unusual conversation inside two historic Marais mansions.
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Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme
Jewish art and history unfold inside the Hôtel de Saint-Aignan, a cultural anchor for a Marais afternoon.
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Musée de la musique
Historic instruments give the Philharmonie’s museum its own voice, even on a day without a concert ticket.
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Musée de l’Armée
The Invalides complex opens onto military history, collections of armour and the monumental setting of Napoleon’s tomb.
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Grand Palais
The monumental glass-roofed landmark brings large exhibitions back into a building worth looking at from every angle.
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Musée Gustave Moreau
A painter’s home and studio become the setting for a close encounter with Moreau’s imaginative, densely worked pictures.
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Musée national Eugène-Delacroix
A small museum in the painter’s last apartment and studio, tucked into the streets of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
PlaceConcerts
Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe
Choose a production for an evening at the Odéon, then give the surrounding Left Bank streets some time before the curtain.