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Art museum for children Musée Grévin: 9th: Wax: Scenes from the history of France and modern life Musée Jacquemart-André: 8th: Historic house: 19th-century period house with major art collection Musée Maillol: 7th: Art: Works by Aristide Maillol and art exhibitions Musée Marmottan Monet: 16th: Art
The Pavillon de l'Arsenal (French pronunciation: [pavijɔ̃ də laʁsənal]) is the Paris Center for architecture and urbanism, a center for urban planning and museum located in the 4th arrondissement at 21, boulevard Morland, Paris, France. It is open daily except Mondays; admission is free.
The first private museum in Paris, the Musée Carnavalet, focusing on the history of the city, opened in 1880. After the 1900 world exhibition, the Petit Palais became an art museum, displaying many works owned by the city of Paris. The early decades of the 20th century were also the time when Paris bought and was awarded many valuable art ...
Entrance to the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine. The Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (French pronunciation: [site də laʁʃitɛktyʁ e dy patʁimwan], Architecture and Heritage City) is a museum of architecture and monumental sculpture located in the Palais de Chaillot (), in Paris, France.
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (French pronunciation: [myze daʁ mɔdɛʁn də paʁi], in full the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris) or MAM Paris, is a major municipal museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries, including monumental murals by Raoul Dufy, Gaston Suisse, [1] and Henri Matisse. [2]
The idea of creating a museum of Paris history was launched by Baron Haussmann, who, under Napoleon III, was in the midst of his grand project of building new avenues, parks and squares in the center of the city. In 1866 he persuaded the city of Paris to purchase the Hotel Carnavalet to house the museum, and assembled a large collection of ...
The Petit Palais (French: [pəti palɛ]; English: Small Palace) is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.. Built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle ("universal exhibition"), it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris).
It was the first electrified urban terminal station in the world, opened 28 May 1900, in time for the 1900 Exposition Universelle. [1] After its closure as a station, it reopened in December 1986 as the Musée d'Orsay, an art museum. The museum is currently served by the RER eponymous station.
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