París Francia Museums

Museums

Paris can boast not only the opulence of artistic heritage, but admirable attention and enhancement, carried out by French government. The extensive programs, aimed to the development of culture, made its museums real jewels of art. Museum-going is a common cultural leisure for Parisians, so the best time to visit is on weekdays. This unforgettable and inspiring experience includes grand artistic treasures and little museums with unique exhibitions.

Louvre is the world’s most famous museum, containing 35,000 precious works of art, among which the legendary Mona Lisa. Situated in the Latin Quarter, the Musee de Cluny is a flamoyant Gothic structure built atop the ruins of second century Roman baths. Inside it many statues from Notre Dame de Paris can be found. Musee d’Orsay displays grand collection of Impressionist and Modernist art, from 1848 to 1914. Institut du Monde Arabe (Institute of the Arab World) was opened in 1987, and features 242 south-facing windows equipped with electro-photographic diaphragms, which react to the sun to create an atmosphere reminiscent of Arab musharabia scenes. It possesses collections of the Arabic art removed from Louvre. Musee Guimet has amazing collection of antique Asian artifacts, the biggest one outside Asia.

Musee National des Arts et Metiers is a "depot of new and useful inventions". It has unique collection of 80,000 objects and 15,000 drawings, featuring the times of industrial revolution and reflecting scientific progress. Musee National Picasso contains an unparalleled collection of paintings from all periods of Picasso's career. Musee Rodin now occupies the stately Hôtel Biron's house and gardens in the Faubourg St-Germain, where the sculptor once lived. Musee National d’Art Moderne and Centre Pompidou are the most frequented exhibitions of postmodernist art. The Salon Chopin is is a room dedicated to the memory of the composer, Chopin, containing personal memorabilia, paintings, manuscripts, documents, and music. The original Advertising museum presents striking examples of modernist art, pop-art and advertisement techniques. Musee d’Armee features French war history through different epochs.

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