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Paris’s Best: Museums and Galleries

Some of the oldest, the newest, and certainly some
of the finest museums and galleries are to be found
in Paris – many are superb works of art in their own
right. They house some of the greatest and strangest
collections in the world. Some of the buildings
complement their themes, such as the Roman baths
and Gothic mansion which form the Musée National
du Moyen Age, or the Pompidou Centre, a modern
masterpiece. Elsewhere there is pleasing contrast,
such as the Picassos in their gracious 17th-century Musée des Arts Décoratifs
museum, and the Musée d’Orsay housed in its Decorative and ornamental art, like this
grand old railway station. Together, they make Paris bathroom by Jeanne Lanvin, is
displayed here.
an unrivalled feast for visitors.

Champs-Elysées
Chaillot Quarter

R i v e r S e i n e

Invalides and Eiffel
Tower Quarter
Petit Palais
A collection of works
by the 19th-century St-Germain-
sculptor Jean-Baptiste des-Prés
Carpeaux is housed
here, including The
Fisherman and Shell.

Musée du quai Branly
This wooden sculpture from Papua New
Guinea is one of 3,500 artifacts housed in
this striking anthropological museum. Montparnasse

Musée Rodin
The museum brings together
works bequeathed to the nation
by sculptor Auguste Rodin, like the
magnificent Gates of Hell doors.
Musée d’Orsay
Carpeaux’s Four Quarters
of the World (1867–72)
can be found among
this collection of
19th-century art.

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