List of museums in Paris
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The museum
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, France
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Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
s of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, can be sorted into three types:
- National museums – (N)
- Museums of the City of Paris – (VP)
- Private museums – (P)
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- Musée AdzakMusée AdzakMusée Adzak is an art museum in Paris, France. It is located 3 rue Jonquoy, in the 14th arrondissement.The museum is in the workshop of Roy Adzak, a photographer and sculptor. It acts as an international meeting place and space for temporary exhibitions of artists.- External links :* information...
- Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-RouvièreMusée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-RouvièreThe Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière is a museum of anatomy located on the eighth floor of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris V René Descartes University, 45, rue des Saints-Pères, VIe arrondissement of Paris, France...
- Petit Musée de l'ArgenteriePetit Musée de l'ArgenterieThe Petit Musée de l'Argenterie is a privately-operated museum of silver items located within the Ateliers du Cuivre et de l'Argent, Viaduc des Arts, 109-113, Avenue Daumesnil, Paris, France...
- L'Argonaute (Submarine)
- Musée de l'Air et de l'EspaceMusée de l'Air et de l'EspaceThe French Air and Space Museum is a French museum, located in the south-eastern edge of Le Bourget Airport, north of Paris, and in the commune of Le Bourget. It was created in 1919 from a proposition of Albert Caquot .-Description:Occupying over of land and hangars, it is one of the oldest...
- Musée des Années TrenteMusée des Années TrenteThe Musée des Années Trente is a municipal museum specializing in artistic and industrial objects of the 1930s. It is located in the Espace Landowski at 28, Avenue André-Morizet, Boulogne-Billancourt, a western suburb of Paris, France, and open daily except Mondays and holidays. The closest métro...
- Cité de l'Architecture et du PatrimoineCité de l'Architecture et du PatrimoineThe Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine is an architecture museum located in the Palais de Chaillot at 1, Place du Trocadéro, Paris, France. It is open daily except Tuesday; an admission fee is charged....
- Musée de l'ArméeMusée de l'ArméeThe Musée de l'Armée is a museum at Les Invalides in Paris, France. Originally built as a hospital and home for disabled soldiers by Louis XIV, it now houses the Tomb of Napoleon and the museum of the Army of France...
- Musée Arménien de FranceMusée Arménien de FranceThe Musée Arménien de France is a private museum of Armenian art and archaeology located in the XVIe arrondissement at Fondation Nourhan Fringhian, 59 avenue Foch, Paris, France....
- Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-MarneMusée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-MarneThe Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, nicknamed MAC/VAL, is a museum of contemporary art located in the Place de la Libération in Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, a suburb of Paris, France. It is open daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged.The museum opened in 2005, and is...
- Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du JudaïsmeMusée d'Art et d'Histoire du JudaïsmeThe Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme is a French museum of Jewish art and history located in the Hôtel de Saint-Aignan at 71, rue du Temple in the Marais district in Paris. The museum is open daily except Saturday . An admission fee is charged...
- Musée d'Art JuifMusée d'Art JuifThe Musée d'Art Juif is a private museum of Jewish art located at 42, rue des Saules, Paris, France. It is open daily except Friday, Saturday, and Jewish holidays. The nearest métro station is Lamarck – Caulaincourt....
- Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de ParisMusée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de ParisMusée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art dedicated to the arts of the 20th/21st centuries. It is located at 11 Avenue du Président Wilson in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.-Description:...
– (VP) - Musée d'Art Naïf - Max FournyMusée d'Art Naïf - Max FournyThe Musée d'Art Naïf - Max Fourny, also known as the Musée d'Art Brut & Art Singulier, is a museum of naive art located in the Halle Saint-Pierre at 2, rue Ronsard, in the XVIIIe arrondissement of Paris, France. The closest métro stations are Anvers and Abbesses...
- Musée de la Mode et du TextileMusée de la Mode et du TextileThe Musée de la Mode et du Textile is a museum of fashion and textiles located in the Louvre in the Ier arrondissement, 107, rue de Rivoli, Paris, France...
- Musée de l'Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de ParisMusée de l'Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de ParisThe Musée de l'Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris is a museum dedicated to the history of Parisian hospitals. It is located in the Hôtel de Miramion on the left bank of the Seine in the 5th arrondissement, at 47, quai de la Tournelle, Paris, France, and open daily except Mondays, holidays, and...
- Musée des Arts Décoratifs
- Musée des Arts et MétiersMusée des Arts et MétiersThe Musée des Arts et Métiers is a museum in Paris that houses the collection of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers , which was founded in 1794 as a repository for the preservation of scientific instruments and inventions.-History:Since its foundation, the museum has been housed in the...
- Musée des Arts ForainsMusée des Arts ForainsThe Musée des Arts Forains - Collection Jean-Paul Favand is a private museum of funfair objects located within the Pavillons de Bercy in the XIIe arrondissement at 53, avenue des Terroirs de France, Paris, France, with temporary exhibition space at 64, rue des Pirogues de Bercy...
Collection Jean Paul Favand ("Fair Art" Museum) - Musée et Jardin départemental Albert Kahn
- Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet
- Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'OcéanieMusée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'OcéanieThe Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie was a museum formerly located in the Palais de la Porte Dorée on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes at 293, avenue Daumesnil in the XIIe arrondissement, Paris, France....
- Musée national d'art moderneMusée National d'Art ModerneThe Musée National d'Art Moderne is the national museum for modern art of France. It is located in Paris and is housed in the Centre Pompidou in the 4th arrondissement of the city. Created in 1947, it was then housed in the Palais de Tokyo and moved to its current location in 1977...
, in the Centre Georges-Pompidou - Musée national des Arts et Traditions PopulairesMusée national des Arts et Traditions PopulairesThe Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires was a museum of the popular arts and traditions of France. It was located at 6, avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, Paris, France, but is now permanently closed to the public...
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- Maison de BalzacMaison de BalzacThe Maison de Balzac is a house museum in the former residence of French novelist Honoré de Balzac . It is located in the 16th arrondissement at 47, rue Raynouard, Paris, France, and open daily except Mondays and holidays; admission to the house is free, but a fee is charged for its temporary...
– (VP) - Musée BaccaratMusée BaccaratThe Musée Baccarat is a private museum of Baccarat crystal located in the 16th arrondissement at 11, place des États-Unis, Paris, France. It is open daily except Sundays, Tuesdays, and holidays; an admission fee is charged....
- Musée "Bible et Terre Sainte" (Musée Biblique)
- Musée du Barreau de ParisMusée du Barreau de ParisThe Musée du Barreau de Paris is a museum dedicated to the Paris bar and its lawyers. It is located near the Église Saint-Eustache in the Ier arrondissement at 25 rue du Jour, Paris, France, and open weekends by appointment; admission is free....
- Musée Boleslas Biegas
- Musée BouchardMusée BouchardThe Musée Bouchard was a studio museum dedicated to sculptor Henri Bouchard , and located at 25, rue de l'Yvette, Paris, France.The museum was established in Bouchard's studio after his death in 1960, and open to the public 1962-2007...
- Musée Bouilhet-ChristofleMusée Bouilhet-ChristofleThe Musée Bouilhet-Christofle is a private museum located in the 8th arrondissement at 9, rue Royale, Paris, France. It is open weekday afternoons by appointment; an admission fee is charged...
- Musée BourdelleMusée BourdelleThe Musée Bourdelle is an art museum located in the 15th arrondissement at 18, rue Antoine Bourdelle, Paris, France. It is open daily, except Mondays. The nearest métro stations are Falguière and Montparnasse – Bienvenüe....
– (VP) - Musée Edouard BranlyMusée Edouard BranlyThe Musée Edouard Branly is a museum dedicated to the work of radio pioneer Edouard Branly . It is located in the 6th arrondissement at the Institut Catholique de Paris-ISEP, 21, rue d'Assas, Paris, France, and open by appointment only....
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- Maison d'Auguste ComteMaison d'Auguste ComteéThe Maison d'Auguste Comte, also known as the Musée Auguste Comte, is a private museum and archive dedicated to positivist philosopher Auguste Comte...
- Musée Nissim de CamondoMusée Nissim de CamondoThe Musée Nissim de Camondo is a non-profit house museum located in the Hôtel Camondo, 63, rue de Monceau, at the edge of the Parc Monceau, VIIIe arrondissement, Paris, France....
- Théâtre-Musée des CapucinesThéâtre-Musée des CapucinesThe Théâtre-Musée des Capucines, also known as the Théâtre musée des Capucines-Fragonard, is a private museum dedicated to perfume, and located in the IIe arrondissement at 39, boulevard des Capucines, Paris, France...
- Musée Carnavalet – (VP)
- Musée Français de la Carte à JouerMusée Français de la Carte à JouerThe Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer is a museum of playing cards located at 16, rue Auguste Gervais, Issy-les-Moulineaux, a suburb of Paris, France...
- Fondation Cartier pour l'Art ContemporainFondation Cartier pour l'Art ContemporainThe Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, often known simply as the Fondation Cartier, is a contemporary art museum located at 261 boulevard Raspail in the 14th arrondissement of the French capital, Paris...
- Catacombes de Paris – (VP)
- Musée nationale de Céramique-SèvresMusée nationale de Céramique-SèvresThe Musée national de Céramique-Sèvres is a ceramics museum located at the Place de la Manufacture, Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris, France....
- Musée CernuschiMusée CernuschiThe Musée Cernuschi is an Asian art museum located at 7 avenue Vélasquez, near Parc Monceau, in Paris, France, specialising in China, Japan and Korea. Its collection in Asian art is second only to the Musée Guimet in Paris....
– (VP) - Musée de la Chasse et de la NatureMusée de la Chasse et de la NatureThe Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature is a private museum of hunting and nature located in the IIIe arrondissement at 62, rue des Archives, Paris, France. It is open daily except Mondays and holidays, and an admission fee is charged...
- Salon Frédéric ChopinSalon Frédéric ChopinThe Salon Frédéric Chopin is a small museum dedicated to Frédéric Chopin. It is located within the Bibliothèque Polonaise à Paris in the 4th arrondissement of Paris at 6, Quai d'Orléans, Paris, France...
- Musée du Cinema - Henri LangloisMusée du Cinema - Henri LangloisThe Musée du Cinema - Henri Langlois was a museum of cinema history located in the Palais de Chaillot, 1, place du Trocadéro, Paris, France. It was destroyed by fire in 1997....
- Cité des Sciences et de l'IndustrieCité des Sciences et de l'IndustrieThe Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie is the biggest science museum in Europe. Located in Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, it is at the heart of the Cultural Center of Science, Technology and Industry , a center promoting science and science culture.About five million people visit the Cité...
- Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigrationCité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigrationThe Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration is a museum of immigration history located in the XIIe arrondissement at 293, avenue Daumesnil, Paris, France. The nearest métro station is Porte Dorée...
- Musée ClemenceauMusée ClemenceauThe Musée Clemenceau is a house museum located in the 16th arrondissement at 8, rue Benjamin Franklin, Paris, France. It is open in the afternoons of Tuesday through Saturday, except in August; an admission fee is charged...
- Musée Cognacq-JayMusée Cognacq-JayThe Musée Cognacq-Jay is a museum located in the Hôtel Donon in the 3rd arrondissement at 8 rue Elzévir, Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; admission is free...
– (VP) - Musée - Librairie du CompagnonnageMusée - Librairie du CompagnonnageThe Musée - Librairie du Compagnonnage is a museum devoted to French trade guilds. It is located in the 6th arrondissement at 10, rue Mabillon, Paris, France, and open weekday afternoons; entry is free....
- Musée de la ContrefaçonMusée de la ContrefaçonThe Musée de la Contrefaçon is a museum of counterfeiting. It is located at 16, rue de la Faisanderie, in the XVIe arrondissement of Paris, France, and open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged. The nearest métro and RER stations are Porte Dauphine and Avenue Foch.The museum was...
- Fondation Le Corbusier
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- Musée DapperMusée DapperThe Musée Dapper is a museum specializing in African art. It is located in the XVIe arrondissement at 35 rue Paul Valéry, Paris, France, and open daily except Tuesdays; an admission fee is charged....
- Palais de la DécouvertePalais de la DécouverteThe Palais de la Découverte is a science museum located in the Grand Palais, in the 8th arrondissement on Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged....
- Musée national Eugène DelacroixMusée national Eugène DelacroixThe Musée national Eugène Delacroix, also known as the Musée Delacroix, is an art museum dedicated to painter Eugène Delacroix and located in the 6th arrondissement at 6, rue de Furstenberg, Paris, France...
- Fondation Dosne-ThiersFondation Dosne-ThiersThe Fondation Dosne-Thiers is a history museum and library located in the IXe arrondissement at 27, place St-Georges, Paris, France. It is open to researchers who obtain recommendations from two members of the Institut de France....
- Fondation Jean DubuffetFondation Jean DubuffetThe Fondation Jean Dubuffet is a foundation established by artist Jean Dubuffet in 1973. Its registered office is on the Rue de Moulin Neuf, Sente des Vaux-Ruelle aux Chevaux, Périgny-sur-Yerres, Val-de-Marne, with the secretariat located in the VIe arrondissement at 137 Rue de Sèvres, Paris, France...
- Musée DupuytrenMusée DupuytrenThe Musée Dupuytren is a museum of anatomical items illustrating diseases and malformations. It is located at 15, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, Les Cordeliers, Paris, France, and open weekdays except holidays and university vacations...
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- Espace Dalí
- Musée des Égouts de Paris
- Musée d'EnneryMusée d'EnneryThe Musée d'Ennery is a museum of art located in the XVIe arrondissement at 59, avenue Foch, Paris, France. It is open Thursday and Sunday afternoons; entrance is free. The nearest métro station is Victor Hugo....
- Musée-Placard d'Erik SatieMusée-Placard d'Erik SatieThe Musée-Placard d'Erik Satie is a small museum dedicated to composer Erik Satie . It is located in the XVIIIe arrondissement at 6, rue Cortot, Paris, France, and open by appointment only; admission is free....
- Musée de l'érotisme
- Musée d'Ethnographie du TrocadéroMusée d'Ethnographie du TrocadéroThe Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro was the first anthropological museum in Paris, founded in 1878...
- Musée de l'ÉventailMusée de l'ÉventailThe Musée de l'Éventail , or more formally L'Atelier Hoguet Musée de l'Éventail, is a private museum of fans and fan-making located in the 10th arrondissement at 2, boulevard de Strasbourg, Paris, France. It is open several afternoons per week; an admission fee is charged...
- ExploradomeExploradomeThe Exploradome is a science museum located in Vitry-sur-Seine in the Val-de-Marne, France. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged.The museum opened in 1998. Its permanent exhibition contains interactive objects designed and produced by the Exploratorium in San Francisco, including optical...
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- Musée d'Art Dentaire Pierre FauchardMusée d'Art Dentaire Pierre FauchardThe Musée d'Art Dentaire Pierre Fauchard is a museum of dental history located in the 16th arrondissement at the Académie Nationale de Chirurgie Dentaire, 22 Rue Émile Ménier, Paris, France. It is open Wednesday afternoons by appointment...
- Musée Fragonard d'AlfortMusée Fragonard d'AlfortThe Musée Fragonard d'Alfort, often simply the Musée Fragonard, is a museum of anatomical oddities located within the École Nationale Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, in Maisons-Alfort, a suburb of Paris...
- Musée de la Franc-MaçonnerieMusée de la Franc-MaçonnerieThe Musée de la Franc-Maçonnerie, also known as the Musée du Grand Orient de France et de la Franc-Maçonnerie européenne, is a museum of Freemasonry located in the 9th arrondissement at 16, rue Cadet, Paris, France. It is open daily except Sundays and Mondays; an admission fee is charged...
- Musée du FumeurMusée du FumeurThe Musée du Fumeur is a private museum of smoking located in the 11th arrondissement of Paris at 7 rue Pache, Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged...
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- Musée GallieraMusée GallieraThe Musée Galliera, also known as the Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, is a fashion museum located in the 16th arrondissement at 10, avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, Paris, France. It is open daily except Tuesdays; an admission fee is charged....
- Salle des Traditions de la Garde RépublicaineSalle des Traditions de la Garde RépublicaineThe Salle des Traditions de la Garde Républicaine is a museum dedicated to the traditions of the Garde Républicaine, the ceremonial unit of the French National Gendarmerie...
- Manufacture nationale des Gobelins
- Galeries nationales du Grand PalaisGaleries nationales du Grand PalaisThe galeries nationales du Grand Palais are museum spaces located in the Grand Palais in the VIIIe arrondissement of Paris. They serve as home to major art exhibits and cultural events programmed by the Réunion des musées nationaux , and are open six days a week.- References :* * * *...
- Musée GrévinMusée GrévinThe Musée Grévin is a waxwork museum in Paris located on the Grands Boulevards in the IXe arrondissement on the right bank of the Seine, at 10, Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, France. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged....
- Musée Grévin - Forum des HallesMusée Grévin - Forum des HallesThe Musée Grévin - Forum des Halles is a wax museum located in the Forum des Halles, level 1, in the Ier arrondissement at 1 Rue Pierre Lescot, Paris, France. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged....
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- Musée Valentin HaüyMusée Valentin HaüyThe Musée Valentin Haüy is a private museum dedicated to tools and education of the blind, and located in the building of the Valentin Haüy Association, in the VIIe arrondissement at 5, rue Duroc, Paris, France. It is open Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons without charge.The museum was established...
- Musée HébertMusée HébertThe Musée Hébert is a museum located in the Hôtel de Montmorency-Bours at 85, rue du Cherche-Midi, in the VIe arrondissement of Paris, France. It has been closed since 2004 for renovations....
- Musée national Jean-Jacques HennerMusée national Jean-Jacques HennerThe Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner is an art museum dedicated to the works of painter Jean-Jacques Henner , and located in the 17th arrondissement at 43, avenue de Villiers, Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged.The museum in housed within an 1878 mansion,...
- Musée en HerbeMusée en HerbeThe Musée en Herbe is an art museum for children, located at 21 rue Hérold and also in the Jardin d'Acclimatation, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged....
- Musée d'Histoire ContemporaineMusée d'Histoire ContemporaineThe Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine is a museum of contemporary history located in the Hôtel National des Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged....
- Musée de l'Histoire de France
- Musée d’histoire de la médecineMusée d’histoire de la médecine-Musée d’histoire de la médecine:The History of Medicine Museum in Paris, is located at the second floor of the Paris Descartes University, 12 rue de l'École de Médecine, in the buildings of the historic Faculty of Medicine, created in 1803 on the site of the old College and Academy of...
- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelleMuséum national d'histoire naturelleThe Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.- History :The museum was formally founded on 10 June 1793, during the French Revolution...
- Musée de l'HolographieMusée de l'HolographieThe Musée de l'Holographie was a notable museum of holography located in Paris, France. The museum was established in 1980, and located for some years in the Forum des Halles. According to S. Johnston, it closed its doors in 1994. But in fact, it was in April 1996...
- Musée de l'HommeMusée de l'HommeThe Musée de l'Homme was created in 1937 by Paul Rivet for the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne. It is the descendant of the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, founded in 1878...
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- Institut de FranceInstitut de FranceThe Institut de France is a French learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is the Académie française.The institute, located in Paris, manages approximately 1,000 foundations, as well as museums and chateaux open for visit. It also awards prizes and subsidies, which...
- Institut du monde arabe
- Hôtel national des InvalidesLes InvalidesLes Invalides , officially known as L'Hôtel national des Invalides , is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's...
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- Musée Jacquemart-AndréMusée Jacquemart-AndréThe Musée Jacquemart-André is a public museum located at 158 Boulevard Haussmann in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The museum was created from the private home of Édouard André and Nélie Jacquemart to display the art they collected during their lives.-History:Edouard André, the scion of a...
- Musée Jean MoulinMusée Jean MoulinThe Musée Jean Moulin is a museum located in the XIVe arrondissement at 23, Allée de la 2e DB, Jardin Atlantique, Paris, France. It is open daily except Mondays; admission is currently free of charge....
– (VP) - Galerie nationale du Jeu de PaumeGalerie nationale du Jeu de PaumeThe Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume is a museum of contemporary art in the north-west corner of the Tuileries Gardens in Paris.The building was constructed in 1861 during the reign of Napoleon III...
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- Musée national de la Légion d'Honneur et des Ordres de ChevalerieMusée national de la Légion d'Honneur et des Ordres de ChevalerieThe Musée national de la Légion d'Honneur et des Ordres de Chevalerie is a museum of national orders of merit located in the 7th arrondissement in the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur beside the Musée d'Orsay at 2, rue de la Légion-d'Honneur , Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; admission...
- Musée LenineMusée LenineThe Musée Lenine is a museum devoted to Vladimir Lenin, located at 4, rue Marie-Rose, in the XIVe arrondissement of Paris, France. The museum is open weekdays; admission is free...
- Musée des Lettres et ManuscritsMusée des Lettres et ManuscritsThe Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits is a museum of letters and manuscripts located at 222 Boulevard Saint-Germain in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged...
- Musée du LouvreLouvreThe Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
- Musée des Lunettes et Lorgnettes Pierre MarlyMusée des Lunettes et Lorgnettes Pierre MarlyThe Musée des Lunettes et Lorgnettes Pierre Marly is a museum of eyeglasses located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France, at 380 rue Saint-Honoré. It is open Tuesday through Saturday; an admission fee is charged....
- Musée du LuxembourgMusée du LuxembourgMusée du Luxembourg is a museum in Paris, France. It occupies the east wing of the Palais du Luxembourg, whose matching west wing originally housed Ruben's Marie de' Medici cycle. Since 2000 it has been run by the French Ministry of Culture and the Senate and is devoted to temporary exhibitions...
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- Maxim's Art Nouveau "Collection 1900"
- Musée CurieMusée CurieThe Musée Curie is a historical museum focusing on radiological research. It is located in the 5th arrondissement at 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, and open weekday afternoons; admission is free...
- Musée de la MagieMusée de la MagieThe Musée de la Magie, also known as the Musée de la Curiosité et de la Magie and the Académie de la Magie, is a private museum located in the 4th arrondissement at 11, rue saint Paul, Paris, France...
- Musée MaillolMusée MaillolThe Musée Maillol is an art museum located in the 7th arrondissement at 59-61, rue de Grenelle, Paris, France. It is open daily except Tuesday; an admission fee is charged....
- Mémorial du Maréchal Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris – (VP)
- Musée de la Marine (Paris)
- Musée Marmottan Monet
- Musée des Matériaux du Centre de Recherche sur les Monuments HistoriquesMusée des Matériaux du Centre de Recherche sur les Monuments HistoriquesThe Musée des Matériaux du Centre de Recherche sur les Monuments Historiques was a museum in the Palais de Chaillot at 9, avenue Albert de Mun, Paris, France, that displayed building materials used in historical monuments along with scale models of buildings...
- Cabinet des MédaillesCabinet des MédaillesThe Cabinet des Médailles, more formally known as Département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, is a department of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, France, housed in its former premises in Rue de Richelieu.The Cabinet des Médailles is a museum...
- Centre de la Mer et des EauxCentre de la Mer et des EauxThe Centre de la Mer et des Eaux is an aquarium and museum of marine life located in the 5th arrondissement in the building of the Institut Océanographique at 195, rue Saint-Jacques, Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged....
- Musée Adam MickiewiczMusée Adam MickiewiczThe Adam Mickiewicz Museum is a small museum dedicated to Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz . It is located within the Bibliothèque Polonaise à Paris in the 4th arrondissement of Paris at 6, Quai d'Orléans, Paris, France.The museum was established in 1930, and contains numerous personal effects as well...
- Musée de MinéralogieMusée de MinéralogieThe Musée de Minéralogie is a museum of mineralogy operated by the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris . It is located in the 6th arrondissement at 60, boulevard Saint Michel, Paris, France, and open daily except Sunday and Monday; an admission fee is charged.The school was established in...
- Musée de la Mode et du Costume de la Ville de Paris – (VP)
- Musée MoissanMusée MoissanThe Musée Moissan is a museum dedicated to Henri Moissan , winner of the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. It is maintained by the Université René Descartes-Paris 5 faculty of pharmaceutical and biological sciences, and located in the VIe arrondissement at 4, avenue de l'Observatoire, Paris, France....
- Musée de la Monnaie de Paris
- Musée de MontmartreMusée de MontmartreThe Musée de Montmartre is a museum of cultural history located in Montmartre in the XVIIIe arrondissement at 12, rue Cortot, Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged....
- Musée du MontparnasseMusée du MontparnasseThe Musée du Montparnasse is a museum at 21 Avenue du Maine, in the 15th arrondissement, Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.The museum opened its doors on May 28, 1998...
- Musée national des Monuments FrançaisMusée national des Monuments FrançaisThe Musée national des Monuments Français is a museum of French monuments located in the Palais de Chaillot, 1, place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, Paris, France. It now forms part of the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, and is open daily except Tuesday...
- Musée national Gustave MoreauMusée national Gustave MoreauThe Musée national Gustave Moreau is an art museum dedicated to the works of Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau . It is located in the IXe arrondissement at 14, rue de la Rochefoucauld, Paris, France....
- Musée national du Moyen ÂgeMusée de ClunyThe Musée de Cluny , officially known as Musée National du Moyen Âge , is a museum in Paris, France...
(Thermes & Hôtel de Cluny) - Cité de la MusiqueCité de la MusiqueThe Cité de la Musique is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the La Villette quarter, 19th arrondissement, Paris, France. It was designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc and opened in 1995...
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- Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de ParisBibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de ParisThe Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris is a library and museum of the Paris Opera and is located in the 9th arrondissement at 8 rue Scribe, Paris, France. It is no longer managed by the Opera, but instead is part of the Music Department of the National Library of France...
- Musée de l'OrangerieMusée de l'OrangerieThe Musée de l'Orangerie is an art gallery of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings located on the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Though most famous for being the permanent home for eight Water Lilies murals by Claude Monet, the museum also contains works by Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse,...
- Musée de l'Ordre de la LibérationMusée de l'Ordre de la LibérationThe Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération is a military museum located in the 7th arrondissement at 51 bis boulevard de La Tour-Maubourg, Paris, France. It is open daily except Sunday; admission is free...
- Musée d'OrsayMusée d'OrsayThe Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, an impressive Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture,...
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- Panthéon BouddhiquePanthéon BouddhiqueThe Panthéon Bouddhique, also known as the Galeries du Panthéon Bouddhique or the Galerie du Pantheon Bouddhique du Japon et de la Chine, is a museum of Japanese and Chinese art works...
(Hôtel Heidelbach) - Musée du ParfumMusée du ParfumThe Musée du Parfum, also known as the Fragonard Musée du Parfum, is a private museum of perfume located in the 9th arrondissement at 9 rue Scribe, Paris, France. It is open daily; admission is free. The museum is located near the western side of Opéra Garnier.The museum was created in 1983 by the...
- Musée PasteurMusée PasteurThe Musée Pasteur is a museum dedicated to scientist Louis Pasteur. It is located within the Institut Pasteur at 25 Rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, France, in the XVe arrondissement, and open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged....
- Pavillon de l'ArsenalPavillon de l'ArsenalThe Pavillon de l'Arsenal is the Center for information, documentation and exhibition for urban planning and architecture of Paris, a center for urban planning and museum located in the IVe arondissement at 21, boulevard Morland, Paris, France...
- Pavillon des ArtsPavillon des ArtsThe Pavillon des Arts was a museum located in the Ier arrondissement at Les Halles, 101, rue Rambuteau, Paris, France. According to , the museum closed in 2006.The museum was established in 1983 in a contemporary glass and steel building within Les Halles...
– (VP) - Musée du Petit PalaisPetit PalaisThe Petit Palais is a museum in Paris, France. Built for the Universal Exhibition in 1900 to Charles Girault's designs, it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts ....
- Musée Édith PiafMusée Edith PiafThe Musée Édith Piaf is a private museum dedicated to singer Édith Piaf located in the 11th arrondissement at 5, rue Crespin du Gast, Paris, France. It is open by appointment; admission is free....
- Musée PicassoMusée PicassoThe Musée Picasso is an art gallery located in the Hôtel Salé in rue de Thorigny, in the Marais district of Paris dedicated to the work of the artist Pablo Picasso .-Building:...
- Musée des Plans-ReliefsMusée des Plans-ReliefsThe Musée des Plans-Reliefs is a museum of military models located within the Hôtel des Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is open daily except the first Monday of each month; an admission fee is charged....
- Centre Georges-Pompidou
- Musée de La PosteMusée de La PosteThe Musée de La Poste is the museum of the French postal operator La Poste. It specialises in the postal history and philately of France...
- Musée de la PoupéeMusée de la PoupéeThe Musée de la Poupée is a private doll museum located in the 3rd arrondissement at Impasse Berthaud, near 22 rue Beaubourg, Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged. The nearest métro station is Rambuteau....
- Musée des Collections Historiques de la Préfecture de PoliceMusée des Collections Historiques de la Préfecture de PoliceThe Musée des Collections Historiques de la Préfecture de Police, also known as the Musée de la Préfecture de Police, is a museum of police history in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France....
- Musée de la PublicitéMusée de la PublicitéThe Musée de la Publicité is a museum of advertising history located in the Louvre's Rohan and Marsan wings, Ier arrondissement, at 107, rue de Rivoli, Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged....
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- Musée de la Sculpture en Plein AirMusée de la Sculpture en Plein AirThe Musée de la Sculpture en Plein Air is a collection of outdoor sculpture located on the banks of the Seine in the 5th arrondissement, Paris, France. The museum opens free of charge....
- Musée-Galerie de la SeitaMusée-Galerie de la SeitaThe Musée-Galerie de la Seita was a museum of tobacco-related objects located in the VIIe arrondissement at 12, rue Surcouf, Paris, France. It opened in 1979 and closed in June 2000 ....
- Musée de la SerrureMusée de la SerrureThe Musée de la Serrure, also known as the Musée de la Serrurerie or the Musée Bricard, is a private museum of locks and keys located in the 3rd arrondissement at 1 rue de la Perle, Paris, France...
- Musée du Service des Objets TrouvésMusée du Service des Objets TrouvésThe Musée du Service des Objets Trouvés, also known as the Petit musée des objets trouvés, is a small museum of unusual articles maintained by the Service des Objets Trouvés of the Paris Police. It is located in the 15th arrondissement at 36, rue des Morillons, Paris, France...
- Musée national du SportMusée national du SportThe Musée national du Sport is a national sports museum located at 93 Avenue de France in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France.The museum was first established in 1922 by the French minister of war, who held responsibility for sports. In the 1940s, the museum fell into desuetude, but was...
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- Maison de Victor HugoMaison de Victor HugoMaison de Victor Hugo is a museum, operated by the City of Paris, which preserves the house that Victor Hugo lived in for 16 years from 1832–1848.-History:...
– (VP) - Musée de la Vie RomantiqueMusée de la Vie RomantiqueThe Musée de la Vie romantique stands at the foot of Montmartre hill in the IXe arrondissement, 16 rue Chaptal, Paris, France in a 1830 hôtel particulier facing two twin-studios, a greenhouse, a small garden, and a paved courtyard. The museum is open daily except Monday. Permanent collections are...
– (VP) - Musée du Vin (Paris)Musée du Vin (Paris)The Musée du Vin Paris is a cultural venue in the 16th arrondissement located at 5, square Charles Dickens, Paris, France next to the Trocadéro and the Eiffel Tower...
See also
- List of visitor attractions in ParisVisitor attractions in ParisThe French capital, Paris, has an annual 30 million foreign visitors, and so is the most visited city in the world. Paris' sights include monuments and architecture, such as its Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower and neo-classic Haussmannian boulevards and buildings as well as museums, operas and...
- List of museums in France
External links
- Paris Museums: includes a large directory of museums and monuments in Paris