The Museums
of Paris

On foot, you can easily discover the Picasso Museum on rue de Thorigny in the Marais, which houses the largest collection of works by Pablo Picasso in the world, the Carnavalet Museum, which traces the history of the city of Paris, the Maison Victor Hugo on Place des Vosges, the Centre Pompidou (Beaubourg), which houses the largest collection of contemporary art in Europe, the National Museum of Natural History, with its Grande Galerie de l'Evolution in the heart of the Jardin des Plantes, the Institut du Monde Arabe and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie...

Parisian museums are easily accessible by bus, metro and RER, or by taxi: the Louvre museum on rue de Rivoli is only ten minutes away. Also close by is the Musée d'Orsay, known worldwide for its impressive collection of impressionist art, and the Musée Rodin, one of the most beautiful museums in Paris, housed in an imposing 18th-century residence in the heart of the 7th arrondissement.

Visit also the Musée de l'Armée at Les Invalides, the Musée de l'Orangerie and the Musée du Jeu de Paume in the Jardin des Tuileries, the Petit and Grand Palais on the Champs-Elysées, the Musée du Quai Branly dedicated to the arts of the Civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, the Palais de Tokyo, which houses one of the largest European centres of creation and contemporary art, the Louis Vuitton Foundation designed by the architect Frank Gehry, rising above the Bois de Boulogne like a magnificent vessel with undulating crystal sails...

The Paris Museum Pass, available in 2, 4 or 6 day packages, allows access to more than 50 Parisian museums and monuments without having to queue.