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Musée du Louvre
The museum boasts one
of the world’s great
collections of paintings
and sculpture, from the
ancient civilizations to
the 19th century. This
Babylonian monument,
the Code of Hammurabi,
is the oldest set of laws
in existence.

Pompidou Centre
Paris’s modern art collection from 1905 to the present
day is housed here. The centre also has art libraries
and an industrial design centre.

Opéra
Quarter

Tuileries
Quarter Beaubourg
and Les
Halles
The Marais

Musée Picasso Paris
St-Germain- Ile de la Sculptor and Model (1931) is one of
des-Prés Cité many paintings on display in Picasso’s
private collection, “inherited” in lieu of
tax by the French government after
Ile St-Louis his death in 1973.
Latin
Quarter

Luxembourg
Quarter
Montparnasse Jardin des Plantes
Quarter

Musée Carnavalet
This museum devoted to the history
of Paris will reopen in 2019 following
major renovations. Its historic buildings
surround attractive garden courtyards.

Musée de Cluny – Musée
National du Moyen Age
The remains of the Gallo- 0 kilometres 1
Roman baths are part of this 0 miles 0.5
museum of ancient and
medieval art.

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