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EXPERIENCE Paris: Champs-Élysées and Invalides

8 Musée de l’Homme
⌂ 17 place du Trocadéro
Palais de Chaillot # 10am–6pm Wed–Mon Did You Know?
∑ museedelhomme.fr
 A3 ⌂ Pl du Trocadéro
If laid end to end,
75116 q Troc adéro Cité de l’Architecture the city’s 2,100 km
Designed in Neo-Classical style et du Patrimoine (1,300 miles) of sewers
for the 1937 Paris Exhibition, ⌂ 1 place du Trocadéro would stretch from
the Palais de Chaillot is ador- # 11am–7pm Wed–Sun (to Paris to Istanbul.
ned with bas-reliefs and has 9pm Thu) ¢ 1 Jan, 1 May,
curved, colonnaded wings 25 Dec ∑ citechaillot.fr
each culminating in a vast
pavilion. It houses the Théâtre Visitors can discover the
National de Chaillot, famed mysteries of under ground
for its experimental dance. 9 " ' = Paris in the sewer museum.
In the west wing, the Musée Les Egouts
de l’Homme is an anthropo-  C3 ⌂ Pont de l’Alma,
logical and ethnographic opposite 93 quai d’Orsay
museum, tracing the history 75007 q Alma-Marceau 10 " '- =
of human evolution. Next door W Pont-de-l’Alma # 11am– Musée d’Art Moderne
is the Musée National de la 5pm Sat–Wed (to 6pm in de la Ville de Paris
Marine, devoted to the French summer) ¢ Until early 2020  B3 ⌂ Palais de Tokyo, 11
navy (closed for renovations av du Président-Wilson
until 2021). The east wing con- One of Baron Haussmann’s 75116 q Iéna, Alma-
tains the Cité de l’Architecture finest achievements, most of Marceau # 10am–6pm Tue–
et du Patrimoine, which Paris’s sewers (égouts) date Sun (to 10pm Thu for temp-
charts French architecture from the Second Empire. One- orary exhibitions) ¢ Public
through the ages. hour walking tours of this hols ∑ mam.paris.fr
attraction are limited to an
Théâtre National de area around the quai d’Orsay This large, lively museum
Chaillot entrance. Visiting the sewers covers trends in 20th-century
⌂ 1 place du Trocadéro without a guide can be dan- art and is located in the east
∑ theatre-chaillot.fr gerous, and is against the law. wing of the Palais de Tokyo.
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