Paris museums. Discover with us the most beautiful museums in Paris. Here’s our pick of the top 10 Paris museums you should visit during your trip to Paris.
1. The Louvre
2. The Musée d’Orsay
3. The European House of Photography
4. The Army Museum
5. The Cernuschi Museum
6. The Zoo Park
7. The Centre Pompidou
8. Museum of Cluny
9. The Museum of Decorative Arts
We can’t start this list of the top Paris museums without mentioning the Louvre museum, the most famous museum in France. The world-famous painting, The Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci, is entitled to special treatment. We need to focus on this special piece of art to understand its history.
If you like Monet, Van Gogh, Degas and Renoir, be sure to stop by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. The museum has one of the largest collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works in the world. Did you know that the Musée d’Orsay was first a train station before it became a museum? The building is a great work of art, built in the Beaux Arts style and opened on the occasion of the 1900 World’s Fair.
Maison Européenne de la Photographie offers great exhibitions for all photography enthusiasts. The museum owns around twenty thousand works of art, mainly photographs (silver and digital) and videos. The library collects 24,000 volumes on photography, books on artists, as well as scientific and theoretical works, including rare editions. Take a moment to contemplate these magnificent works. In addition, the museum offers podcasts and interesting educational activities.
The Army Museum offers one of the largest collections of military history in the world, containing weapons, uniforms and much more. For history enthusiasts, it also offers podcasts, downloadable resources and even games for children.
The Cernuschi Museum is open every day except Monday from 10:00 to 18:00. The museum offers a tour of Asian art and its history. You will see how people once lived in Asia, you can get to know Asian animals. You will learn about Buddhist teachings and its secrets. It’s up to you to wander the corridors and marvel!
The Parc Zoologique de Paris has prepared activities to learn about animal life, interviews with veterinarians, animators, gardeners and caretakers, game books, puzzles and much more. Something to entertain young and old alike and learn something at the same time.
The Pompidou is a modern art museum in Paris, named after the French president Georges Pompidou. With 120,000 works, the Centre Pompidou has the largest art collection in Europe, and at the time of its opening it caused a great stir for its pipes and tubes, its brightly coloured exterior pipes, ducts and other services on display.
The Musée de Cluny is located in the fifth district of Paris and has one of the world’s most important collections of medieval objects and works of art. You can admire the objects exhibited in 3D, and see them from every possible angle, and with every detail.
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris aims to promote applied fine arts and the development of links between industry and culture. It opens its web page by proposing a virtual visit at 3360 degrees to all the curious, but also playbooks for children on nature, geometry, light, and many others. It also offers an exhibition: Harper’s Bazaar, on the first fashion magazine.
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