Musée Gustave Moreau: 25,000 works in the house the painter made his own museum
The Musée Gustave Moreau in Paris: the spiral staircase, the studios with walls packed with paintings, and the ticket that also opens the Musée Henner.
Musei 10 min
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Hôtel de la Marine: 5 rooms and two stories on the place de la Concorde
The Hôtel de la Marine in Paris: the Intendant’s apartments, the loggia over the Concorde, the theft of the crown jewels and Victor Schœlcher’s desk.
Musei 11 min
Musée Jacquemart-André: 4 works in the house of the two collectors
The Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris: Paolo Uccello’s Saint George, the Tiepolo above the staircase, Rembrandt and Mantegna in the house of two collectors.
Musei 11 min
Musée de la Vie romantique: 5 keepsakes in Ary Scheffer’s house
The Musée de la Vie romantique in Paris, reopened in 2026: Ary Scheffer’s house, George Sand’s keepsakes, the cast of Chopin’s hand and the garden.
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Musée Jean-Jacques Henner: 3 works in the painter’s house of the plaine Monceau
The Musée Jean-Jacques Henner in Paris: L’Alsace. Elle attend, the red-haired figures, the winter garden and the ticket that also opens the Musée Moreau.
Musei 10 min
Grande Galerie de l’Évolution: 7 stops in the iron and glass nave
The Grande Galerie de l’Évolution at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris in 7 stops: the caravane africaine, the lost species and 27 busts found in a cellar.
Musei 11 min
Institut du monde arabe: 7 works to see before the museum closes
The museum of the Institut du monde arabe in Paris in 7 works: the blue Quran, the astrolabes, the caliph’s basin. It closes for a year from summer 2027.
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Monnaie de Paris: 6 rooms of the musée du 11 Conti, and the workshops at work
The musée du 11 Conti at the Monnaie de Paris in 6 rooms: the foundry still at work, the Grand Monnayage, the treasures and when to see the workshops.
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Musée des Arts et Métiers: 8 machines to see, from the fardier to the pendulum
The Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris in 8 objects: Foucault’s pendulum in the medieval church, Cugnot’s fardier, the Pascaline and the pioneers’ aircraft.
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Musée de la BnF: 7 treasures at Richelieu, and the free reading room
The musée de la BnF on the Richelieu site in Paris: the Grand Camée de France, Voltaire’s heart, Dürer’s rhinoceros and the salle Ovale, which is free.
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Musée Cernuschi: 5 Asian masterpieces in a villa on the parc Monceau
The Musée Cernuschi in Paris, the city’s museum of Asian arts: the Meguro Buddha, the Tigress, a revolutionary’s villa and a permanent collection that is free.
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Musée Curie: 6 stops in Marie Curie’s real laboratory, and entry is free
The Musée Curie in Paris in 6 stops: Marie Curie’s bureau and chemistry laboratory kept as they were, radium and the Fondation. It opens four days a week.
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Cité de l’architecture: 6 stops among full-size casts and copies
The 6 stops to see at the Cité de l’architecture in Paris, from the plaster casts of Romanesque portals to the copied frescoes, inside the Palais de Chaillot.
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Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris: 6 artworks to see, and entry is free
The 6 artworks to see at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, from Dufy’s Fée Électricité to Matisse’s two Danse, with a free permanent collection.
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Musée Guimet: 6 things to see in the museum of Asian art
The 6 things to see at the Musée Guimet in Paris, from the head of Jayavarman VII to the nanban screen, and how the Maison Guimet is visited now.
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Musée de l’Homme: 6 things to see in the Trocadéro museum
The 6 things to see at the Musée de l’Homme in Paris, from the Venus of Lespugue to the nineteenth-century busts, in the Palais de Chaillot at the Trocadéro.
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Musée national de la Marine: 6 things to see after the reopening
The 6 things to see at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris, reopened in 2023, from Vernet’s port of Marseille to the figureheads and the missing barge.
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Palais Galliera: the Paris fashion museum with no permanent collection
The Palais Galliera in Paris, the fashion museum: the duchess’s palace, the two hundred thousand pieces in store and why there is no permanent display.
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Musée Bourdelle: 6 works to see in the sculptor’s studios
The 6 works to see at the Musée Bourdelle in Paris, from the Héraklès archer to the twenty-one Beethovens, in free Montparnasse studios.
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Musée de Cluny: 6 works to see in the museum of the Middle Ages
The 6 works to see at the Musée de Cluny in Paris, from the Lady and the Unicorn to the heads of the Kings of Judah, inside Roman baths and a Gothic mansion.
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Musée Delacroix: 6 things to see in the painter’s last home
The 6 things to see at the Musée Delacroix in Paris, in the painter’s last flat and studio, and how to get in free with a Louvre ticket.
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Musée de la Libération: 6 stops and the bunker under Denfert-Rochereau
The 6 stops of the Musée de la Libération de Paris, free, and how to book Rol-Tanguy’s command post twenty metres under Denfert-Rochereau.
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Musée Maillol: 6 things to see in Dina Vierny’s museum
The 6 things to see at the Musée Maillol in Paris, the permanent collection on the second floor and the story of the model who founded the museum.
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Musée Zadkine: 5 things to see in the hidden house on rue d’Assas
The 5 things to see at the Musée Zadkine in Paris, the sculptor’s house and studios behind the Luxembourg, with a garden and a free permanent collection.
Musei 9 min
Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme: 7 works to see in the hôtel de Saint-Aignan
The 7 works to see at the Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme in Paris, from the 1281 gravestone to Boltanski’s installation in the courtyard.
Musei 11 min
Maison de Victor Hugo: 7 rooms to see on place des Vosges
The 7 rooms to see at the Maison de Victor Hugo on place des Vosges, from the salon chinois to the bed he died in, and when you have to pay.
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Musée de l’Armée at the Invalides: 8 stops, ending at Napoleon’s tomb
The 8 stops of the Musée de l’Armée at the Invalides: the lion armour, Ingres’s Napoleon, the Marne taxi, the Enigma machine and Napoleon’s tomb in the Dôme.
Musei 12 min
Musée des Arts décoratifs: 7 rooms to see in the Louvre wing almost nobody opens
The 7 rooms to see at the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris: the salon from place Vendôme, Valtesse de la Bigne’s bed, Guimard, Lanvin and the jewellery.
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Musée Carnavalet: 8 stops to see in the museum that tells the story of Paris
The 8 stops to see at the Musée Carnavalet, from the Parisii canoe to Proust’s bedroom, in a museum whose permanent collection is free.
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Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature: 6 stops in the oddest museum in the Marais
The 6 stops to see at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris, across two Marais mansions, with taxidermy, arms and contemporary art.
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Musée Cognacq-Jay: 6 stops in one collector’s 18th century
The 6 stops to see at the Musée Cognacq-Jay in Paris, from the Canaletto to the hôtel Donon rooms, in an 18th-century museum free between exhibitions.
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Musée d’Orsay: 12 artworks to see in the 19th-century railway station
The 12 artworks to see at the Musée d’Orsay, from Courbet to Gauguin, and how to get in during the 2026-2028 works, which moved the entrance to the Seine side.
Musei 14 min
Musée du Louvre: 12 artworks to see beyond the Mona Lisa
The 12 Louvre artworks to see beyond the Mona Lisa, with the room of each: the Winged Victory, Michelangelo’s Slaves, Hammurabi and Vermeer’s Lacemaker.
Musei 14 min
Musée national Picasso-Paris: 10 works to see in the hôtel Salé
The 10 works to see at the Musée national Picasso-Paris, from the Blue Period to the post-war years, and the 17th-century Marais mansion that holds them.
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Musée du quai Branly: 7 works to see in the museum under the trees
The 7 works to see at the Musée du quai Branly in Paris, from Oceania to the Americas, and the story of how each one came to Paris, told by the museum itself.
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Musée Rodin: 10 works to see between the hôtel Biron and the garden
The 10 works to see at the Musée Rodin in Paris, with the room of each: The Thinker, The Gates of Hell, The Kiss, the Balzac and Camille Claudel’s The Waltz.
Musei 12 min