Which museums to visit in Paris?

Do you know that there are more than a hundred museums in Paris? Adding the multitude of art galleries and periodic temporary exhibitions, it is a rich cultural offer that the City of Light offers to its visitors. All arts without exception are represented there. Modern art or archeology, history or fashion, painting or sculpture, ... There is something for everyone. If you are accompanied by your children, they can benefit from free admission. In Paris, many free activities are available for children and teenagers (up to a certain age). Here is an anthology of the best Parisian museums.

The Top 5 Parisian museums

The Louvre Museum

The Louvre is the largest museum in the city of Paris. It has a rich heritage of nearly 40,000 works of art. The range is very diverse. The painting lover is spoiled for choice between collections from different eras from the Renaissance to the different currents of the 19th century. Among them, how can we not mention Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Guéricault's Raft of the Medusa?

On the sculpture side, the works exhibited are not left out with the Venus de Milo or the Winged Victory of Samothrace. The Louvre Museum also houses magnificent Egyptian antiquities, archeology, objects of Islamic or decorative arts, and many other jewels and furniture of great interest.

The Orsay Museum

In this marvelous space opened on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition of 1900, the visit of the places is already an enchantment in itself. This old station houses a wonderful impressionist collection.

The Orsay Museum is also the one that presents a wide range of Western artistic creations from the mid-19th century to the start of the First World War.

All the arts are represented there: architecture, decorative arts, painting, sculpture, furniture and photography.

The Georges Pompidou Center

Audacious architecture in its conception, the Pompidou Center has managed to appease critical minds.

With a rich collection of contemporary art, the National Museum of Modern Art that is located there has become a reference of the genre. The works are presented chronologically, which allows to compare styles. Thus we see within the same space Dubuffet, Matisse and Picasso, while another proudly displays works by Niki de Saint Phalle, Andy Warhol or Anish Kapoor, among other artists.

The City of Science and Industry

The visit to the Cité de la Villette is justified as much by the multitude of exhibitions it offers, as by the immense landscaped park that surrounds it.

It is the perfect place to educate children of all ages in a fun way.
Even their parents and grandparents will be amazed to discover so many unknown things.

Take advantage of our B&B HOTEL Paris Porte de la Villette, and sleep not far from this museum.

The Quai Branly Museum – Jacques Chirac

It is the flagship museum of non-Western arts. Its magnificent architecture by Jean Nouvel and its wild garden extend this atmosphere of mystery and adventure inside the rooms. Thousands of works from America, Africa, Asia and Oceania allow to get acquainted with unknown cultures, and yet of infinite richness.

Let us also mention the Louis Vuitton Foundation dedicated to contemporary art. The Orangerie Museum in the Tuileries Garden, which allows to contemplate Claude Monet's Water Lilies and some other works by great modern painters. The Grévin Museum where dozens of celebrity look-alikes, made of wax and life-size, are staged in superb settings. The National Museum of Natural History of the Jardin des Plantes and its Great Gallery of Evolution. Or the exhibitions of the Grand Palais and the annex sites that are the National Galleries and the Palais de la Découverte.

And why not get off the beaten track by discovering more unusual Parisian museums, such as the phonograph museum, the Musée des Arts Forains (Fairground Arts Museum), the Museum of Hunting and Nature, the Musée des Arts et Métiers (Museum of Arts and Crafts) and many others.

What are the cheap hotels in Paris?

To take advantage of this wide cultural offer offered by Parisian museums and art galleries scattered in various districts, a good solution is to extend your Parisian stay in a hotel offering optimal value for money. This is the case of our many cheap hotels in Paris or its surroundings.

Alone, with family or friends, our rooms with high-quality bedding can accommodate 1 to 4 people. All services are available there, from unlimited Wifi access to a hearty and tasty breakfast, served at will.

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