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Hôtel de la Marine
Decorated rooms overlooking Place de la Concorde make a visit about interiors and history.
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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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Le Carreau du Temple
The former market hall hosts cultural programming in the streets of the northern Marais.
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Maison de l'Amérique latine
Exhibitions and cultural exchange bring Latin American perspectives to Boulevard Saint-Germain.
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Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
A contemporary-art programme offers a destination to choose around the exhibition currently on view.
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Institut du Monde Arabe
Collections, exhibitions and architecture give this riverside institute several ways to visit.
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Musée du Luxembourg
Temporary exhibitions give the Luxembourg area a focused indoor art visit.
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Musée national de la Marine, Paris
Maritime collections add a museum stop to the Trocadéro side of the Seine.
Free entry
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Musée Curie
A small science museum brings the Curie family's research story into a Latin Quarter walk.
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Halle Saint-Pierre
An art space at the foot of Montmartre makes a useful alternative to the hill's busier stops.
Free entry
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Fondation Pernod Ricard
A contemporary-art foundation offers an exhibition stop close to Saint-Lazare.
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Lafayette Anticipations
An exhibition space in the Marais brings contemporary art into a reworked urban building.
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Musée en Herbe
An art museum with a family-oriented approach makes an approachable central Paris visit.
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Monnaie de Paris
Coins, metalwork and exhibitions turn the riverside mint into a cultural destination.
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Musée de la Magie
Illusions and conjuring history make a compact, unusual stop in the Marais.
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Musée de Minéralogie MINES Paris
Mineral collections reward a closer look at colour, crystals and geological forms.
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Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine
Historical instruments offer a specialised museum visit on the Left Bank.
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Crypte archéologique de l'Île de la Cité
Archaeological remains below the Notre-Dame forecourt reveal an earlier layer of Paris.
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Musée de la Franc-Maçonnerie
Objects and documents open a specialised chapter of French cultural history.
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Dalí Paris
A dedicated collection brings a Surrealist detour to the streets near Place du Tertre.
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Parc Georges-Brassens
Lawns and paths offer a calmer outdoor interlude in the south of the 15th.
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Parc Montsouris
Sloping lawns and a lake make this southern park a good reason to slow the route down.
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Jardin Atlantique
A garden above the Montparnasse railway tracks offers an unexpected outdoor pause.
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Parc de la Butte-du-Chapeau-Rouge
An eastern hillside park adds open space and a different view to a neighbourhood walk.
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Parc de la Villette
Large lawns and cultural venues give this northeastern park room for a longer outing.