Colleen's Tips

 La Musée de la Poupée

The Museum has a new exhibit running until March 16, 2008

"Les poupées des Petites Filles Modèles"/ "Perfect Little Girls"

Print out the explanation of the exhibit from their website as it guides you along from 1840 demonstrating how "....good manners were taught by using dolls that were first made of wax or papier maché, then bisque, composition, celluloid, cloth or plastic....." Over 100 dolls will be on display.

The doll museum now has a happy hour. On Saturdays and Sundays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., the cost of admission is 5 euros instead of 7 euros.
 

Additional exhibits into 2008:

Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme "De Superman au Chat du rabbin" "...an exhibition on Jewish cartoons and graphic novels illustrating how the comic strip contributed to the construction of contemporary Jewish collective memory." For more information on the exhibition...

Baccarat "Baccarat and the 1920s, a breath of modernity" (Baccarat et les années 20, un souffle de modernité) "...The stylistic tendances of the era - avant-garde, cubist, refinement of a return to the classic, functional elegance of objects conceived for the voyage, an exotic exuberance inspired by the Orient..."

The Baccarat exhibit would be good to see in tandem with the Galliera Musée de la mode de la ville de Paris exhibit - Les années folles (1919-1929) "The Roaring 20s" - "170 models and 130 accessories, 50 perfumes and cosmetics; illustrations, music, film and photographs....

Between 1919 and 1929, the emancipation of women and their bodies was the spirit of the time. There was also drunkenness, the opportunity to drive a car, the liberty to cut their hair and wear make up and to smoke in public. If you dressed as a "boy" you were modern in your style...."

Bourdelle - Henry Moore and the mythology

Carnavalet - Pierre-Jacques Pelletier (1867-1931); Les nuances de Paris

Grand Palais - Courbet

Museum national d'histoire - Natural History Museum - Jardin des Plants - Perles une histoire - Pearls a natural history

Quai Branly - Camera obscura, premiers portraits au daguerréotype (1841-1851)

For all current information, pick a copy of either l'Oficiel des Spectacles or Pariscope.

The Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (Palais de Chaillot)

Walk through a le Corbusier apartment, some of the signage is in English. The three galleries contain models and actual molds from various French architecture -- some molds taken in the 1880s, for example, of statues or windows that no longer exist; another gallery contains wall paintings and stained glass and another contains modern and contemporary architecture.

The museum offers a fantastic view of the Eiffel Tower from its terrace café and left bank views from each of its gallery floor windows.

Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine

1 place du Trocadéro et du 11 novembre 16th arr.

01 58 51 52 00

Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday: noon to 8 p.m., Thursday noon to 10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Closed Tuesday, December 25, January 1 and May 1

Entry: 7 euros (or 10 euros) for permanent and temporary expositions

Free for the under 18 and first Sunday of the month

Métro : Trocadéro lines 9 and 6 and Iéna line 9)
RER : Champs de Mars Tour Eiffel (RER C)
Bus : 63, 32, 82, 22, 30
Batobus : stop Tour Eiffel - Batobus

Fashion from the 20's - Gatsby  The next exhibit from Le Musée Galliera, the fashion museum, will be the Roaring 20's and its revolution: show a little skin, more of the legs, it was also a celebration of the end of the First World War and getting rid of the constrictive corset! The boy style was in and the new couturiers were Poiret, Vionnet, Lanvin, Chanel, etc. October 20 to February 29 Musée Galliera

Late night openings of museums

Château de Vincennes - the "donjon" reopens after 11 years of restoration

Cité l'Architecture et du Patrimoine - This institution was founded in 1882, under another name, was based on an idea of Viollet-le-Duc (renovator of Notre-Dame de Paris, among other monuments). Take a virtual tour of how to find the museum.

Paris Museum Pass information

 
The Paris Museum Pass allows you to visit as many times as you like, and without having to queue, more than 60 museums and monuments in Paris and the surrounding area (Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Centre Pompidou, Sainte Chapelle, etc. See the full list). NB: admission to temporary exhibitions and lecture tours is not included.
 

2 days : 30 euros
4 days : 45 euros
6 days : 60 euros

Please note that many museums admission are free for children under 18-years-old.

You can buy the pass online.

Once you arrive in Paris you can pick up your pass at the main tourist office at 25, rue des Pyramides 75001, near the Opéra Garnier (open everyday except May 1).

General Info:

CineAqua - Aquarium at the Trocadéro

Claude Monet - Giverny

Grand Palais - the inside story

le Musée de l'Orangerie reopened May 17, 2006

Réunion des Musées Nationaux

Pariscope - how to read it for dates and times

Free museums (run by the city of Paris) (there may be a small charge for temporary exhibits and the Crypte Archéologique and the Catacombes) General information about the museums is available on my What's free in Paris page.

Museums under the Minister of Culture and Communication (many are free the first Sunday of the month)

Complete list of Paris museums

Sewers of Paris (des Egouts de Paris)

Tour the Hôtel de Ville via the internet

Museums open at Christmas time

Versailles information

Visit to the Christofle Museum

Visit to the Palais Garnier Opéra

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson

Founded in 2003 the foundation's mission is to conserve and to restore works of Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Metro: Gaité Line 13, sorti 1; or Edgard Quinet, line 6.

Bus: Line 28 and 58, Losserand-Maine stop

Line 88, Jean Zay-Maine stop

Hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Saturday: 11 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.

Wednesdays until 8:30 p.m.

Closed Mondays and holiday (except November 11) and the month of August

Admission: 5 euros

Musée Guimet
 

Practical information
MUSEE NATIONAL DES ARTS ASIATIQUES GUIMET
6, place d'Iéna /

entrance to the museum: 19, avenue d'Iéna

entrance to the Panthéon bouddhique 75116
Metro : Iéna
RER : Pont de l'Alma
Bus : 22, 30, 32, 63, 82
telephone number : 01 56 52 53 00
www.museeguimet.fr 

Access for persons with limited mobility

Full price : 6,50 Euros

Under 18 free

Musée de Quai Branly

Qu'est ce qu'un corps? (What is a body?)

June 23, 2006 to November 25, 2007

Musée de Quai Branly

Its collection brings together approximately 300,000 works and objects originating in Africa, the Americas, Oceania and Asia that were previously held by Musée de l’Homme’s laboratory of ethnography and the national museum of African and Oceanic Art. -- pidf website

37 quai Branly Portail(Door) Debilly 75007 PARIS

Near the Eiffel tower

Bus: 42, 80, 92, 72

RER C: Pont de l'Alma, Champ-de-Mars, Tour Eiffel

Open: Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thursday nights until 9:30 p.m.; Closed Monday

le Musée de l'Orangerie

Jardin des Tuileries Paris 75001

Metro: Concorde

Open every day except Tuesday from 12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Fridays until 9 p.m. (Closed May 1 and December 25)

Reopened May 2006

Admission: 6,50 euros (supplement of 1,20 euros for temporary exhibits)

Free entry on first Sunday of each month

Musée du Louvre

Admission: 8,50 euros before 6 p.m./6 euros after 6 p.m.

Temporary exhibitions: 8.50 - 9,50 euros

Combination admission (permanent and temporary): 13 euros before 6 p.m./11 euros after 6 p.m.

The museum ticket also gives access to the Eugène-Delacroix Museum on the same day.

The ticket is valid all day, re-entry is allowed.

...Admission to the museum is free to all visitors on the first Sunday of each month and on14th July (Bastille Day), except for the exhibitions at the hall Napoléon.
Free for children.
Free admission and direct access to the museum, without ticket, but with positive documentary evidence, for:
- under 18 years with valid identification;
- unemployed with identification valid at least for six months;
- disabled and accompanied disabled with valid identification...." Source: Louvre

Have you tried their virtual tour on their website? It requires "Quick Time5" - easy download. You then see different galleries in 360°.

Website available in English, Spanish and Japanese

©Colleen's Paris

©Colleen's Paris

Musée Carnavalet - Musée de l'histoire de Paris

23, rue de Sévigné 75003 Paris

Telephone: 01 44 59 58 58

Metro: Saint-Paul or Chemin vert

Bus: 29, 69, 76, 96

Acess: 29, rue de Sévigné (free for handicapped, 75% off for companion)

Parking: Place Baudoyer (Mairie du IVe-City hall 4th arr.)

Place de l'Hôtel de Ville (Mairie du 1er- Cityhall 1st arr.)

Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Admission: free for permanent collection

Musée de la Poupée/Museum of Dolls

Les mille et une vies de Barbie ® - The thousand and one lives of Barbie®
March 27 to September 30, 2007

The new Musée de la Poupée-Paris exhibit is dedicated to Barbie® and covers her thousand and one activities and professions.

She has touched four generations; a billion dolls have been sold, 4.6 million in France alone.

Since her appearance in 1959, Barbie® has kept up with the trends of her time serving as a model to little girls as a toy and a way to invent stories.

We have all seen Barbie® as a princess but she has also been a doctor, veterinarian, school mistress, equestrian champion, fashion model; but did you know that she also walked on the moon, incarnating an astronaut or served in the military.

In association with Mattel France, 200 dolls are presented at the museum for this exhibit.
 

Musée de la Poupée

Impasse Berthaud , 75003 Paris
Metro: Rambuteau, Bus 29 - 38 - 47, Car park Beaubourg - Wheel chair access

Telephone: 33 1 42 72 73 11 Fax : 33 1 44 54 04 48  Email : musee.poupee@noos.fr
 

Open Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Closed Mondays and holidays

Admission: Adult - 6 euros

Over 65, unemployed and students under 26 - 4 euros

Child 3 - 18 and handicapped - 3 euros

As soon as you walk in through the shaded entry, you enter the past. The permanent exhibit begins around 1800 and follows the periods of the children's interest in dolls:

--the French madam dolls that taught how to socialize;

--the child's identification with the baby doll;

--the "baigneurs" when the child plays the mama, and the dolls were submersible;

--the Barbie-style period where the child's doll takes on all of the above roles

A new room has been set aside providing the fascinating clues as to how dolls have been put together during the late 19th century and 20th century -- what makes them tick: straw? felt? porcelain? etc.

The dolls presented demonstrate their many uses through time as teaching elements and household amenities.

Museum and storytelling - Wednesday 4:30 p.m. with a reservation - 10, 8 or 7 euros

The Museum has a doll hospital that repairs dolls, babies, and softies.
You can also find clothes and accessories for dolls and an appraisal of your doll can be made by appointment.

Free estimate on presentation of the damaged dolls.

For information on guided visits, storytelling, and other activities in French, visit the museum’s website which is available in English.

Poster for 1,001 lives of Barbie

March 27 to September 30

Musée de la Poupée

Barbie commands the jet with an AA passenger

La Bibliothèque Forney

Hôtel de Sens

1, rue du Figuier 75004 Paris

Telephone 01 42 78 22 59

Metro: Pont Marie or Saint Paul

Themes for exhibitions: Publicity posters and other tangible objects representing plastic in art and graphics; decorative arts and artisans, occupational techniques. 

Musée d'Orsay

rue de Solférino and Quai Anatole-France

Metro: Solférino or Bus: 24, 63, 68, 69, 73, 83, 84 or 94

RER: line C, Musée d'Orsay

Admission: for museum and other exhibits: 7,50 euros; on Sundays and after 4:15 p.m. (8 p.m. on Thursdays): 5,50 euros

Under 18: free

Open: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday: 9:30 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.

Sunday: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Summer hours: June 23 to September the museum opens at 9 a.m.

Holidays: Open Easter Sunday, May 25, July 14, November 1 and 11

Closed: Mondays, January 1, May 1 and December 25.

Musée des Arts Décoratifs

107, rue de Rivoli - 75001

Accessible with elevator at 105 rue de Rivoli

Open: Tuesday to Friday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Closed Monday

Musée des Arts Décoratifs reopened on September 15, 2006 marking 100 years since its 1905 inauguration in the Marsan Pavillion.

The 4,500 pieces in its collection and period rooms will join the Galerie des bijoux (jewelry gallery).

Obtain their program for the coming months on their website by clicking on the words "Telechargez le programme" -- an Acrobat reader program.

You can visit the museum virtually by clicking on the words: "Découvrez la visite virtuelle".

Other museums covered under the topic "Les Arts Décoratifs" are Musée de la Mode et du Textile (clothing and fabric), Musée de la Publicité (advertising), Musée Nissim de Camondo (house with rooms intact).

Hôtel de Ville

Musée de la Vie romantique

Hôtel Scheffer-Renan

16 rue Chaptal 75009 Paris

01 55 31 95 67

Open every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Closed Mondays and holidays

Métro: Saint-Georges, Pigalle, Blanche or Liége

Bus: 67, 68, 74

Admission: Exposition and collection: 7 euros

Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris

11, avenue du Président Wilson 75116

Telephone 01 53 67 40 00

Admission: free for the permanent collection

Visitors in "a situation of handicap" as well as the person giving assistance have free entry to all temporary exhibits.

After two years of work to upgrade the security, the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris reopened its doors on February 2, 2006.

Aquarium at the Trocadéro - CinéAqua

Under the Trocadéro was once the largest aquarium in Europe. It occupies the space of old quarry in the Chaillot hill, facing the Eiffel Tower.

It was built for the World's Fair (l'Exposition Universelle) in 1878 and closed in 1985 because it had become so dilapidated.

The Aquarium du Trocadéro reopens its doors in April 2006 after an extensive renovations.

The new facilities will include about 500 species of fish (for a total of 15,000 fish), 43 fish tanks containing 4 million liters of water.

Not just an ordinary aquarium, the building will have three movie theaters (within an underwater atmosphere) and these auditoriums can also be used for previews, concerts, fashion shows, etc.

CineAqua is open 364 days a year (closed Christmas day) at the following times.
Open: Monday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.. Last entry at 7p.m.

Admission prices:

Adult: 19.50 euros,
Child (under 3): free Child (3 to 12): 12,50 euros, Child (13 to 17) and Student (with card): 15,50 euros
Over 60s (Tuesdays only): 12,50 euros
Annual Pass (Adult): 75 euros Annual Pass (Child 4-12): 45 euros Annual Pass (Child 13-17 or Student): 55 euros

Aquarium du Trocadéro

Crédits photo : Mairie de Paris

The Grand Palais has begun using its interior for concerts and the circus. Visit the French culture website occasionally throughout the year to read about the latest activities at the Grand Palais.

For example, between December 15, 2005 and January 4, 2006, the circus was in town and admission was 5 euros. (Once at the site click on "English" in the left column.)

Read more about the Grand Palais when I visited the circus/carnival from my March 2006 story.

If you would like to visit the interior in order to discover the history and the architecture of this "vessel of iron and glass", one-and-a-half hour tours - in French - are available for 8 euros. Phone 01 44 54 19 49 or 01 44 54 19 30.

Les Catacombes

They have reopened - Remains removed from Paris cemeteries between the end of the 18th century and beginning of 19th century. The path way is lit, but if you have a little flashlight, take it for closer inspections.

1, avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy - 75014 Paris

Métro: Denfert-Rochereau/RER B or Bus: 38 or 68

Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m./Closed Monday

Box office closes at 4 p.m.

Admission: 5 euros

Guided tours Tuesdays: 10:30 a.m. and Saturdays 2 p.m. (they last 1 1/2 hours - in French)

Keep in mind the weather when you visit the Catacombes.

If it is -2° Celsius, it will be warm below.

When it is wet outside, it will be wet below; you will experience the natural filtration system of the earth.

Your exit from the Catacombes is at 36 rue Remy Dumoncel. If you turn right, you will be headed in the direction of General Leclerc.

The official website provides (in French) the "historique" - history, the "parcours de visite" - what you will see and "informations pratiques" - practical information - address, cost, times, etc.

photos from Catacombes website

Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent

Open: Tuesday to Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. (last admission is 5:30 p.m.)

Admission: 5 euros

Address: 3 rue Léonce Reynaud (16th arrondissement)

Metro: Alma Marceau or Bus: 42, 63, 80, 92 72

accessible

No photographs allowed

Information: 33 1 44 31 64 31

Musée Marmottan - Claude Monet

2 rue Louis Boilly 75016

Telephone: 01 44 96 50 33

www.marmottan.com

Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Monday, January 1, May 1, December 25.

Admission: 6, 50 euros

Musée national de la Marine

Musée national de la Marine (one of the two most important maritime museums in the world because of its age and the diversity of its collection)

Palais de Chaillot

Metro: Trocadéro or Bus: 22, 30, 32, 63, 72, 82

Batobus: Tour Eiffel

Open: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Closed: Tuesdays and January 1, May 1 and December 25)

Admission: 9 euros

Musée de La Poste (Postal museum)

Permanent Exhibits:

An English audio guide is available and very worth the 1 euro.

They will ask you to leave an ID that you pick up when you turn in the audio guide.

Their permanent exhibit covers five floors of French postal history, from the 1400s to the present in history, uniforms, urban and rural communications, cable, telegraph, etc. -- just some of the themes.

Extremely fun to visit -- who would ever guess that a postal museum could be so interesting! They have a website in English.

Address: 34 Boulevard de Vaugirard  75015 Paris
Open: 10.00 - 18.00 (closed Sundays and holidays) - By 17.30 they start warning you to leave. If you haven't finished let them know so you can receive a ticket to continue another day.)

Metro: Montparnasse (sortie place Bienvenue), Pasteur, Falguière
Bus lines 28, 48, 88, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96

Admission:  Permanent collection 4,50 euros reduced 3 euros

                   Temporary exhibit: 4,50 euros reduced 3 euros
                   Combined admission 6 euros and 3,80 euros

Website available in English; click on the "British flag" on left side of their home page.

Mémorial du Maréchal Leclerc...la libération de Paris-Musée de Paris

for WWII buffs with videos, equipment, explanations in French and English. The permanent exhibition tells the story of the events leading up to WWII, the war, and France's Asia expansion after WWII.

Musée La Collection 1900 - Art Nouveau - the 1900 Collection

3, rue Royale, 5th floor at Maxim's (8th arrondissement)

Metro Concorde, Telephone 01 43 41 39 03

Open Wednesday to Sunday, Closed Monday, Tuesday and holidays

2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Guided tours at 2 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m.

Admission: 15 euros, includes guided visit in French

This is a former apartment of a courtesan (woman with a "courtly, wealthy or upper-class clientele") decorated and furnished in the 1900 Art Nouveau style.

This museum has not been open that long and comes recommended by Dana.

"Anyone who loves Art Nouveau MUST take the time to come to this gem of a
museum.  Of course, Maxim's is famous for its beautiful Art Nouveau design
and decor.  But the hidden jewels of this museum are located on the 5th
floor.  The tour begins with a walk through the main areas of the restaurant
with a brief history of Maxim's.  It used to be the place in Paris to go to
see and be seen, and many famous people are depicted in the pictures on the
walls in the entrance foyer.  We go upstairs via a gorgeous winding
staircase and look at one of the dining rooms which has beautiful stained
glass windows and wonderful Art Nouveau furnishings.  Then up some more to
the treasure: rooms filled with Art Nouveau furniture, lighting, pottery,
glass, and other delightful mementos of the Belle Epoque.  Because the guide
spoke mostly in French, what I tell you may not be complete or totally
correct.  But I think she indicated that Maxim's had been bought by Pierre
Cardin, and he began collecting the Art Nouveau artifacts now on display. 
There is a beautiful inlaid table attributed to Galle.  There is also a real
Tiffany floor lamp and several other stained-glass lamps as well.  A couple
of rooms are fully furnished with Art Nouveau furniture - matching sets of
bed, chair, vanity, and/or armoire.  The workmanship in the pieces is simply
astounding.  There is also a fully furnished "apartment" of an imagined
courtesan, with all her feminine touches intact.  There is even a full
"vanity set" (hairbrush, comb, mirror, etc.) made of ornate Art
Nouveau-styled silver, supposedly belonging to the great actress Sarah
Bernhardt.  The tour took about 90 minutes and was well worth the price of
admission."--  Dana

Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute)
1, rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard

Telephone : 01 40 51 38 38

photo from IMA website

Musée Nissim de Camondo

63, rue de Monceau (8th arrondissement)
Telephone : 01 53 89 06 40 - 50
Métro : Villiers or Monceau
Bus : 30 - 94 - 84

Open: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m./ Closed Monday and Tuesday

Entrance: 4.60 euros/under 18 free and members of the Union centrale des arts décoratifs

The Musée Nissim de Camondo is one of my favorite museums in Paris. Where else can you go and see not only the bathrooms but also the kitchen. With the back rooms, it is a page out of Masterpiece Theatre.

They opened up the kitchen in 1999 and now they have restored the apartment of Nissim de Camondo. 

Since May 2004, the audio guide is once again available in English (no extra charge) and worth using for this visit. 

Camondo willed his home with its vast collection of furniture and porcelain and art to the country of France and the Union centrale des  arts décoratifs in 1935 in memory of his son, killed in combat during the first world war.

photo of the salon

 from Nissim de Camondo website

Musée Jacquemart-André

"When visitors cross the museum threshold, they enter what was the private residence of a pair of inveterate collectors who devoted their entire lives to building their artwork collection.... The house was laid out by Baron Haussmann towards the end of the 19th century. This private mansion offers visitors a unique opportunity to explore a wealthy 19th century home, with its state rooms, monumental staircase, winter garden, private apartments, reception areas and more." -- Source: Musée Jacquemart-André

Musée Jacquemart-André

Address: 158 boulevard Haussmann 75008

Telephone:  01 45 62 11 59

Hours: Daily: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (9:30 p.m. Mondays)

Admission includes audio guide: 8,50 euros/Children 7-17: 6,50 euros/Family (2 adults & 2 children): 26,50 euros/Children under 7, third child (any age): free

Metro: Saint-Philippe du Roule/RER: Charles-de-Gaulle Etoile/Bus: 22, 28 43, 52, 54, 80, 83, 84, 93

Click on map to enlarge

Musée du Luxembourg

Musée du Luxembourg
19, rue de Vaugirard - 75006
site Internet : http://www.museeduluxembourg.fr
Telephone: 00 (33) 1 42 34 25 95
Fax : 00 33 1 45 44 57 33
info@museeduluxembourg.fr


Access:
Metro : Saint-Sulpice, Odéon
RER B : Luxembourg
autobus : 84, 58, 89 : Musée du Luxembourg, Sénat
Parking: Place Saint-Sulpice, Marché Saint-Germain


Open
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday: 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday and Friday: 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday and holidays: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Admission: 10 euros
Reduced admission: 8 euros (10-25 years), handicap
 

photo from little-sparrow website

Le Musée des Arts et Métiers

One rainy day it was time to visit one of those museums you don’t think about very often. The Museum of Arts & Métiers (opened 1794) is one year younger than the Louvre museum.    

This is a real mini-Smithsonian--even has the famous Foucault pendulum (yes, he was French!).

Old cars are on platforms and planes hang from the ceiling of a church, while the main building houses floors and rooms of technical innovations.

Every room has couches – in a museum!! Rest your legs, look at the exhibits around you, flip through the French/English books (I read about the Crystal Palace in the “construction” room). 

All of the exhibits have bilingual descriptions. Computer touch screens throughout are bilingual and animated so they are visually explanatory.

Plan a couple of hours!  

Le Musée des Arts et Métiers

60,rue Réaumur (3e), (entrance: 5,34€)

Tel: 0153018200,

Metro: Réaumur-Sébastopol or Arts-et-Métiers, Bus: 38, 47

Des Egouts de Paris (the Sewers of Paris)

Five hundred metres into the sewers of Paris to trace their history and that of Lutecia to the present day. An original way of exploring Paris, an exhibition area presenting the water cycle in Paris and its history. Several models and machinery used yesterday and today. Audio-visual show, exhibition room on the techniques of the future.-- Paris Ile-de-France tourist office

Audio guides are available and signage is in English, German, Spanish and Italian according to the PIDF website.

Visit the Musée des égouts de Paris website additional information (in French) the history and what to expect from your visit

Where: Pont de l'Alma, place de la Résistance, in front of 93 quai d'Orsay

7th arrondissement

Metro: line 9 at Alma-Marceau stop

RER: line C, Pont de l'Alma station

Bus: lines 42, 63, 80, 92 at the Pont de l'Alma stop

Information: visite-des-egouts@paris.fr

Telephone: 01 53 68 27 82

Hours: Saturday-Wednesday (closed Thursday and Friday)

May 1 to September 30: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

October 1 to April 30: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Closed two weeks in January

Admission: 4 euros

Musée Rodin de Paris

77 rue de Varenne, 75007 Paris

01 44 18 61 10

Metro: Line 13, exit Varenne, Invalides ou Saint-François-Xavier

Hours: Closed Monday

April to September 9:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. (park closes at 6:45 p.m.)

October to March: 9:30  a.m. to 4:45 p.m. (park closes at 5 p.m.)

Admission: 5 euros (park only: 1 euro) - thanks to Sherry for sharing this information

Musée de la Toile de Jouy

54 rue Charles de Gaulle

78350 Jouy-en-Josas

Open: Tuesday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Closed: Monday, December 25 and January 1

Admission: 4,30 euros

Telephone: 01 39 56 48 64

For more information visit the website for le Musée de la Toile de Jouy. Getting there

photo from toile de Jouy website

Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme (Jewish Art and History Museum)

Hôtel de Saint-Aignan

71, rue du Temple 75003

Telephone: 01 53 01 86 60

Open: Monday to Friday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Audio guide is free in five languages for the permanent collections.

History of the mansion - The Hôtel de Saint-Aignan

Visit the museum on line with a summary of each room

"The Museum of Jewish Art and History is situated in the historic

Museums open on Christmas day and New Year's Day:

Musée de la curiosité et de la magie (Museum of Magic)

Musée de l'erotisme (Museum of Erotica)

Musée Fragonard, 9 rue Scribe (closed Christmas, open New Year's)

Musée Grévin

Institut de monde arabe

Musée Jacquemart-André

Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaisme (Museum of Jewish Art and History)

  (open Christmas, closed New Year's)

Musée d'histoire naturelle (Natural History Museum)

Musée d'art moderne et Centre Pompidou

Musée Salvador Dali

Tour Eiffel

Tour Montparnasse

Tours de Notre-Dame

Villette/Cité des sciences

Complete list of Paris museums

For a complete list of museums by arrondissement, go the Mairie de Paris portal. You will see a list of arrondissements and with each a list of names of museums found within that arrondissement.

This appears to be a section under construction because the museum information is incomplete at this time, but at least you will see the names.

MUSÉE DES MONUMENTS FRANÇAIS
Palais de Chaillot
1 place du Trocadéro and 11-Novembre 75016
Telephone: 01 58 51 52 00
Open: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12 noon-8 p.m.; Thursday, 12 noon-10 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday, 11a.m.- 7p.m.

The 23,000 m² area presents cultural diversity devoted to the history of architecture from the 12th century to the present.

Initially given the title “Musée de Sculpture comparée”, this institution was founded in 1882, based on an idea of Viollet-le-Duc. Take a virtual tour on how to find the museum.
 

Late night openings for Paris museums

LES ARTS DÉCORATIFS
Palais du Louvre 107 rue de Rivoli 75001
0)1 44 55 57 50
Thursday until 9 p.m.

MUSÉE DE L’ORANGERIE
Jardin des Tuileries 75001
01 44 77 80 07
Friday until 9 p.m.

MUSÉE DU LOUVRE
Entrée principale par la Pyramide rue de Rivoli 75001
01 40 20 53 17
Wednesday and Friday until 10 p.m.

CENTRE POMPIDOU
Place Georges-Pompidou 75004
01 44 78 12 33
Every evening except Tuesday, until 10 p.m. (museum and exhibitions until 9 p.m.)

MUSÉE D’ORSAY
1 rue de la Légion-d’Honneur 75007
0)1 40 49 48 14
Thursday until 9:45 p.m.

MUSÉE DU QUAI-BRANLY
37 quai Branly portail Debilly 75007
01 56 61 70 00
Thursday until 9:30 p.m.

GALERIES NATIONALES DU GRAND PALAIS
3 avenue du Général-Eisenhower 75008
Wednesday until 10pm

JEU DE PAUME / SITE CONCORDE
1 place de la Concorde 75008
0)1 47 03 12 52
Tuesday until 9:30 p.m.

LA MAISON ROUGE / FONDATION ANTOINE-DE-GALBERT
10 boulevard de la Bastille 75012
0)1 40 01 08 81
Thursday until 9 p.m.

FONDATION CARTIER POUR L’ART CONTEMPORAIN
261 boulevard Raspail 75014
01 42 18 56 51
Tuesday until 10 p.m.

CITÉ DE L’ARCHITECTURE ET DU PATRIMOINE
Palais de Chaillot 1 place du Trocadéro-et-du-11-Novembre 75016
01 58 51 52 00
Thursday until 10 p.m.

MUSÉE D’ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
11 avenue du Président-Wilson 75016
01 53 67 40 00
Wednesday until 10 p.m.

PALAIS DE TOKYO
13 avenue du Président-Wilson 75016
01 47 23 54 01
Tuesday to Sunday, until midnight