culture & art: museums
Simply click on any of the listings below to find the best place for your budget in the right neighborhood!
Note: All establishments that have a pink fleur-de-lis are part of our Girls' Guide Travel Club collection. They are places where you can receive special discounts, VIP treatment or valuable offers exclusive to Girls' Guide Travel Club members. Find out more here.
Centre Pompidou
The place for modern art in a building that remains cutting edge even though it’s over 30 years old.... » Read more
Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine
The largest architectural museum in the world features full-scale replicas of structures built on French soil, by everyone from the Romans to contempo... » Read more
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA)
Located in the gallery district of the left bank, ENSBA holds exhibitions, programs and talks, and produces various publications throughout the year. ... » Read more
Grand Palais
Originally built for the World’s Fair of 1900, offer big important exhibitions. Not long ago we saw an excellent show on Marie Antoinette, and o... » Read more
Halle Saint Pierre
A 19th century market hall that's been converted into a contemporary museum. Wonderful exhibitions of art brut (raw art), contemporary and out of the ... » Read more
Institut de Monde Arabe
Worth a glance; designed by Jean Nouvel. Go for a fabulous lunch with a view at Noura, on one of the upper floors of the museum.... » Read more
Maison Européenne de la Photographie
For contemporary photography in a nicely designed modern setting.... » Read more
Musée de la Vie Romantique
A lovely painter’s mansion in the Pigalle district that gives you a glimpse of life in the Romantic period. The writer George Sand was a guest h... » Read more
Musée de l’Orangerie
Go for the location and the glorious collection of Monet’s water lilies downstairs, which were painted specifically for this location. The museu... » Read more
Musée du Luxembourg
A wonderful tiny little place when you’re on your way to the Luxembourg Gardens. In and out and fully cultured in under half an hour!... » Read more
Musée d’Orsay
This one goes without saying: the Orsay probably has the best Impressionist collection in the world. Clock café is cute, too.... » Read more
Musée National du Moyen Age
The Musée National du Moyen Age, also known as the Musée Cluny, presents a vast collection of medieval art. It is housed in the Hô... » Read more
Musée National Eugène Delacroix
Comprising the artist’s home and studio on the place de Furstenberg, as well as a picturesque garden, the Musée Eugène Delacroix h... » Read more
Musée Picasso
Housed in a gorgeous building, the Picasso museum is a quick look at some of the artist’s work. This is not an extensive collection—but it... » Read more
Musée Rodin
Fabulous collection of Rodins in a gorgeous mansion, plus a good collection of work by his lover Camille Claudel. Sculpture garden and outdoor caf&eac... » Read more
Musée Zadkine
This museum features the home and workshop where the Russian sculptor Ossip Zadkine lived and worked from 1928 to 1967, as well as his garden. On view... » Read more
Palais de Tokyo
Recently redone in a very SoHo-like way. A cutting edge museum focusing on younger artists.... » Read more
The Museum of Letters and Manuscripts
A tiny museum with more than 2,000 documents, by some pretty big names. Einstein’s brainwaves on the theory of relativity are recorded in s... » Read more