Paris Museums in France - Page 1
You will definitely be spoilt for choice when it comes to the amount of different Paris museums that you can visit, not just famous museums like The Louvre, Musee d’Orsay, the Hotel National des Invalides and its incredible unique museums or castles like the Chateau Versailles and Chantilly, but there are some rather unusual Paris museums you could visit whilst on holiday, from humble homes of writers and artists, through to the Paris Sewers museum or the Argonaute decommissioned submarine.
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The Musee du Louvre is the most well known Paris museums throughout the world and although it is often thought of as just the museum that holds the Mona Lisa painting, there is so much more you can discovered.
- Photos Of The Musee du Louvre
- History Of The Musee du Louvre
- History Of The Louvre From Fortress To Palace
- Access To The Musee du Louvre
Located within the Hotel National des Invalides, the Musee de l'Armee was created back in 1905, when two separated Paris museums called the Army museum and the Artillery museum merged, which has made this one of the most renowned and comprehensive military museums in the world.
Located on the Left Bank of the River Seine, the Musee d’Orsay is one of the Paris museums that has a diverse collection and starts where the famous Musee du Louvre Museum finish, as its collections dated from 1848 through to 1914.
- History Of The Musee d’Orsay Museum
- Cafes At Musee d’Orsay
- Restaurant At Musee d’Orsay
The Musee de l'Ordre de la Liberation, basically translates to the Museum of the Order of the Liberation and is one of the Paris museums that is located in the famous Hotel National des Invalides, within the Pavillion Robert de Cotte that houses the Chancellery of the Order.
The Cite des Sciences is the largest science museum in Europe and the fifth most visited Paris museums, and can be found in the Parc de la Villette.
- Photos Of Cite des Sciences et de l’Industrie
- Exhibitions at the Cite des Sciences
- History and Facts about the Cite des Sciences
One of the unusual Paris museums that is dedicated to Marie Curie, who was a scientist, along with her husband, that discovered Radium back in 1898, as well as becoming famous for her determination in the fight against cancer.
The Musee de Notre Dame de Paris or Musee Notre-Dame, is one of the smaller unusual Paris museums that provides exhibits including old drawings, plans and engravings that reveal some of the mysteries and development stages of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Located under the square at the foot of the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral you will be able to visit an archaeological crypt that provides a display of remains found during excavations and an overview of urban and architectural development of the historical city of Paris.
This Paris museum is located within Jardin du Luxembourg and has temporary exhibitions on specific themes each year, along with workshops.
- History of Musee du Luxembourg
The Musee du Vin is the wine museum in Paris that is situated within the vaulted wine cellars and old limestone quarry tunnels in an unusual yet very historical setting, where you can get to learn more about French wines.
- History Of Musee du Vin Wine Museum
- The Musee du Vin Restaurant Les Echansons
The Maison Victor Hugo is one of the state owned Paris museums that is dedicated to the life and works of this famous author that produced works such as the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Miserables, and this museum is located in the very place that he resided for several years.
One of the Paris museums dedicated to the history of the Montmartre area and is located within one of the oldest houses in Montmartre that depicts different times and places including some of the famous cabaret shows in Paris.
Located in the heart of the Saint Germain des Pres area of Paris, the Musee Eugene Delacroix is a Paris museum dedicated to this renowned painter and it is situated within the apartment where Eugene Delacroix once lived along with the studio where he would work.
- History Of The Musee Eugene Delacroix
This Paris museum is dedicated to the renowned painter Antoine Auguste Ernest Hebert and is housed within the Hotel de Montmorency, which was built in 1743 by the Comte de Montmorency and was once the home of Ernest Hebert.
The Maison de Balzac is a Paris museum dedicated to the renowned author Honore de Balzac. And it is one of only three literary Paris museums that are dedicated to this type of work.
One of the more modern Paris museums housed within a contemporary high tech building and has over 3,500 exhibits that focus on Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania.
- The building of Musee du Quai Branly and its Gardens
The Musee Picasso is located in the historical Marais area within an old building that dates from around the middle of the 1600s, and this Paris museum is dedicated to the works of the famous artist Pablo Picasso, and with its vast collection, it has become the main study centre for the life of Picasso throughout the world.
Another one of more unusual Paris museums that is actually dedicated to three different people, the first is the artist Ary Scheffer, then you have the romantic writer George Sand and the philosopher and writer Ernest Renan.
Defiantly one of the unusual Paris museums that is all about counterfeit items and allows visitors to discover a wide range of fake merchandise in comparison to the real thing.
This museum of sewers is another one of unusual Paris museums you can visit whilst on holiday, that provides a fascinating look at how the Paris sewage system was developed from its very humble beginnings through to the present day.
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