List of museums in Paris

There are around 130 museums in Paris, France, within city limits. This list also includes suburban museums within the "Grand Paris" area, such as the Air and Space Museum.

The sixteen museums of the City of Paris are annotated with "VP", as well as six other ones also accommodated in municipal premises and the Musées de France (fr) listed by the ministry of culture are annotated with "MF".

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### Paris

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Arab World Institute |  | 5th | Culture | (MF) History, ancient and medieval archeology, arts and crafts, ethnographic and contemporary art of the countries of the Arab world
Archaeological Crypt of the Paris Notre-Dame |  | 4th | Archaeological | (VP) Remains under Notre Dame de Paris of buildings dating back to the city's early days
Art Ludique |  | 13th | Art | Exhibitions of contemporary art in comic books, manga, cinema, live animation and videogames
Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris |  | 9th | Opera | Library and museum about the Paris Opera, part of the Music Department of the National Library of France
Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris |  | 4th | Biographical | Includes three small museums about Polish natives: Musée Adam Mickiewicz about the poet, Musée Boleslas Biegas with paintings and sculpture by the artist and other Polish artists, and Salon Frédéric Chopin about the composer
Cabinet des Médailles |  | 1st | Numismatic | Located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, includes coins, medals, antiques from the ancient Near East, Greece, Rome, and national antiquities
Catacombes de Paris |  | 14th | History | (VP) Underground ossuary with the remains of over six million people
Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine |  | 16th | Architecture | Located in the Palais de Chaillot, includes Musée national des Monuments Français with plaster casts of French architecture, gallery of reproduced wall paintings and stained-glass windows from historic monuments, French and international architecture from 1850 to the present
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie |  | 19th | Science | Hands-on science exhibits, includes the French submarine Argonaute (S636)
Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration |  | 12th | Ethnic | (MF) History and culture of immigration in France from the 19th century to the present, located in the Palais de la Porte Dorée
Espace Dalí |  | 18th | Art | Life of and sculptures, engravings and paintings of Salvador Dalí
Espace Fondation EDF |  |  | Art | New media exhibitions and exhibitions about society and culture
Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain |  | 14th | Art | Contemporary art
Fondation Custodia |  | 7th | Art | Frits Lugt collection of European drawings, prints, paintings, books and artists' letters from the 15th to 19th century, focusing on Dutch and Flemish Old Masters, Italian and French artists
Fondation Jean Dubuffet | N/A | 6th | Art | Works by Jean Dubuffet, also main museum in Périgny, Val-de-Marne
Fondation Louis Vuitton |  | 16th | Art | Contemporary art
Galerie des Gobelins |  | 13th | Decorative arts | Exhibitions of Gobelins tapestries
Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume |  | 1st | Photography | (MF) Modern and postmodern photography and media
Galeries nationales du Grand Palais |  | 8th | Art | Art exhibits and cultural events programmed by the Réunion des musées nationaux et du Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées
Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation |  | 3rd | Photography | Archives and work of photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson and Martine Franck, exhibitions of other photographers, painters, sculptors, and illustrators
Institut Tessin |  | 3rd | Art | Swedish art and culture
Maison d'Auguste Comte |  | 6th | Historic house | Restored 19th-century period rooms of positivist philosopher Auguste Comte (1798–1857), one of the 32 Maisons des illustres (fr) in the region Île de France
Maison de Balzac |  | 16th | Historic house | (VP) Restored 19th-century rooms with mementos of author novelist Honoré de Balzac
Maison européenne de la photographie |  | 4th | Photography | (VP premises) Contemporary photography
Maison Gainsbourg |  | 7th | Historic house | Museum dedicated to Serge Gainsbourg, in his former home in Paris
Maison de Victor Hugo |  | 4th | Historic house | (VP) Restored 19th-century house of author novelist Victor Hugo
Maison La Roche |  | 16th | Historic house | Operated by Fondation Le Corbusier, 1920s house designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, exhibits art collection and archives of Le Corbusier
Maxim's Art Nouveau "Collection 1900" |  | 8th | Decorative art | Art Nouveau objects and decor, located above Maxim's restaurant
Mémorial de la Shoah |  | 4th | History | History of the Holocaust and French Jews in World War II
Minerals collection of Pierre and Marie Curie University | N/A | 5th | Geology | 1500 minerals on display in 24 display cases
Mundolingua |  | 6th | Science | Information, objects and documents relating to language, linguistic diversity and linguistics
Musée – Librairie du Compagnonnage |  | 6th | History | History of French trade guilds, skilled craftsmen in fields such as cooking, pastry, plumbing, ironworks, masonry, cabinetmaking, carpentry
Musée Adzak |  | 14th | Art | Exhibits paintings, sculpture, and photography by a wide range of artists
Musée "Bible et Terre Sainte" | N/A | 6th | Archaeology | Archaeological artifacts arranged to show everyday life in Palestine from 5000 BCE to 600 CE
Musée Baccarat |  | 16th | Decorative art | Baccarat fine glass work, including vases, dishes and stemware, and limited-edition collections
Musée Bourdelle |  | 15th | Art | (VP) Sculptures, art and studio of Antoine Bourdelle
Musée Carnavalet |  | 3rd | Multiple | (VP) City of Paris' history, culture, art, archaeology, decorative arts
Musée Cernuschi |  | 8th | Art | (VP) Asian art, specializing in works from China, Japan, and Korea
Musée Clemenceau |  | 16th | Historic house | Apartment and garden of Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929), French statesman and writer
Musée Cognacq-Jay |  | 3rd | Art | (VP) 18th-century French fine and decorative art
Musée Curie |  | 5th | Science | History of radiology research and the work of Pierre and Marie Curie
Musée d'Art Dentaire Pierre Fauchard | N/A | 16th | Medical | Dental history, tools and apparatus
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme |  | 3rd | Jewish | Jewish art and history, history of the Jews in France since the Middle Ages and in the communities of Europe and North Africa
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris |  | 16th | Art | (VP) Modern and Contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries
Musée d'Art Naïf – Max Fourny |  | 18th | Art | (VP premises) Exhibitions of folk art, naive art, and outsider art
Musée d'Ennery |  | 16th | Art | Asian art with a focus on China and Japan
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine |  | 7th | History | Located in the Hôtel national des Invalides, exhibits of French and international history through its collections of art, photographs, posters, political cartoons and objects
Musée d’histoire de la médecine |  | 6th | Medical | Located at the second floor of the Paris Descartes University, features historic medical instruments and apparatus
Musée d'Orsay |  | 7th | Art | Mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography; houses the largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world
Musée de l'Armée |  | 7th | Military | Located in the Hôtel national des Invalides, national military museum of France, includes Musée des Plans-Reliefs, weapons, uniforms, regalia, armor, artillery, Napoleon's Tomb
Musée de l'Éventail |  | 10th | Fashion | Hand fans and fan-making
Musée des Archives Nationales |  | 3rd | History | Exhibit of documents drawn from the Archives Nationales
Musée de l'Homme |  | 16th | Anthropology | Human evolution and the history of human sciences
Musée de l'Orangerie |  | 1st | Art | Gallery of Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings, features eight Water Lilies murals by Claude Monet
Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération |  | 7th | Military | Located in the Hôtel national des Invalides, history of the Free French Forces in World War II
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature |  | 3rd | Sports | Sport of hunting, includes hunting weapons, accessories, trophies, art and decorative art, stuffed animal mounts
Musée de la Contrefaçon |  | 16th | Law enforcement | History of counterfeiting objects
Musée de la Franc-Maçonnerie | N/A | 9th | Masonic | History of Freemasonry in France, regalia, artifacts
Musée de la Magie | N/A | 4th | Magic | Items relating to magic shows, including optical illusions, secret boxes, wind-up toys, magic mirrors, see-through glasses, posters, holds magic shows
Musée de la Cinémathèque | N/A | 12th | Film | Part of the Cinémathèque Française, history of film and pre-cinema in France and around the world
Musée du 11 Conti - Monnaie de Paris |  | 6th | Numismatic | Part of the Monnaie de Paris. Heritage collections, workshops of excellence
Musée de la Musique |  | 19th | Music | Part of the Cité de la Musique, musical instruments, art
Musée de La Poste |  | 15th | Philatelic | Postage stamps and postal history of France, currently closed for renovation
Musée de la Sculpture en Plein Air |  | 5th | Art | (VP) Outdoor sculptures from the second half of the twentieth century on display along the banks of the Seine
Musée de la Vie Romantique |  | 9th | Multiple | (VP) 19th house with Romantic-period art and decorative art, mementos of author George Sand
Musée de Minéralogie |  | 6th | Geology | Minerals, rocks, ores, gems, artificial minerals
Musée de Montmartre |  | 18th | Local | (VP premises) Local history through paintings, photographs, posters and manuscripts
Musée des Arts Décoratifs |  | 1st | Decorative arts | Includes decorative arts (furniture, glass, ceramics and more), interior design, fashion, textiles, advertising, graphic arts
Musée des Arts et Métiers |  | 3rd | Technology | History of technology and industry, including advances in scientific instruments, materials, energy, mechanics, construction, communication and transport
Musée des Arts Forains |  | 12th | Amusement | Funfair objects including amusement rides, fair stalls and restored attractions, merry-go-rounds and carousels, German swings
Musée des Collections Historiques de la Préfecture de Police | N/A | 5th | Law enforcement | History of policing in France
Musée des Égouts de Paris |  | 7th | History | (VP) History of tours of the Paris sewer system, role of sewer workers and methods of water treatment
Musée des Lunettes et Lorgnettes Pierre Marly | N/A | 1st | Medical | History of eyewear, includes lorgnettes, glasses, telescopes, and binoculars
Musée des moulages dermatologiques de l'hôpital Saint-Louis | N/A | 10th | Medical | Part of the historic building of the Hôpital Saint-Louis, features 19th-century wax casts of dermatological problems
Musée des Plans-Reliefs |  | 7th | Military | Located in the Hôtel national des Invalides, military models of fortified cities created between 1668 and 1870
Musée du Barreau de Paris |  | 1st | Law enforcement | History of the Paris Bar and its lawyers
Musée du Fumeur | N/A | 11th | Smoking | Includes smoking pipes, Egyptian sheeshas, snuffboxes, cigars, tobacco samples, hemp-fiber clothing, etchings, portraits, photographs, videos, and scientific drawings of tobacco plants
Musée du Louvre |  | 1st | Art | world's largest museum, includes paintings, prints and drawings, sculpture, decorative arts, Egyptian antiquities, Near Eastern antiquities, Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, Islamic art
Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris – Musée Jean Moulin |  | 15th | History | (VP) History of Maréchal Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Jean Moulin, a major figure of the French Resistance, and the liberation of Paris in World War II
Musée du Luxembourg |  | 6th | Art | Changing exhibitions of art
Musée du Parfum Fragonard |  | 9th | Fashion | History and process of perfume, antique perfume bottles, containers, toiletry sets, 19th-century period rooms
Musée du quai Branly |  | 7th | Art | Indigenous art and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas
Musée du Service de santé des armées [fr] |  | 5th | Medical | History of medical care for armed services in France
Musée du Service des Objets Trouvés |  | 15th |  | Items that have ended up in the Lost and Found department of the Paris Police
Musée du Vin |  | 16th | Wine | History of the French craft of winemaking, includes tools and objects used to work the grapevine and the wine, a wine cellar, cooperage
Musée Édith Piaf | N/A | 11th | Biographical | Life of singer Édith Piaf
Musée Edouard Branly |  | 6th | Biographical | Life of radio pioneer Édouard Branly, includes his research laboratory and equipment, open by appointment
Musée en Herbe |  | 16th | Children's | 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 | Features over three hundred Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works by Claude Monet, other Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, illuminated manuscripts, Napoleonic era art and furniture, Italian and Flemish primitive paintings
Musée Moissan | N/A | 6th | Biographical | Open by appointment, life of Henri Moissan (1852–1907), winner of the 1906 Nobel Prize in chemistry
Musée National d'Art Moderne |  | 4th | Art | Located at the Centre Georges-Pompidou, modern and contemporary art
Musée national de la Légion d'Honneur et des Ordres de Chevalerie |  | 7th | Military | History of France's honors, medals, decorations, and knightly orders from Louis XI to the present, including Napoleonic souvenirs and more than 300 portraits
Musée national de la Marine |  | 16th | Maritime | Includes ship model, maritime art, artifacts, photos
Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet |  | 16th | Art | Asian art, also known as Musée Guimet
Musée national du Moyen Âge |  | 5th | Decorative arts | Formerly Musée de Cluny, Medieval art, houses six The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, remnants of the third century Gallo-Roman baths
Musée national Eugène Delacroix |  | 6th | Art | Life and works of Eugène Delacroix
Musée national Gustave Moreau |  | 9th | Art | Home and studio of Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau (1826-1898)
Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner |  | 17th | Art | House and works of painter Jean-Jacques Henner (1829–1905)
Musée Nissim de Camondo |  | 8th | Historic house | Museum of French decorative arts displayed as in a wealthy private home
Musée Pasteur |  | 15th | Biographical | Life of scientist Louis Pasteur
Musée Picasso |  | 3rd | Art | Life and work of artist Pablo Picasso, also works by Cézanne, Degas, Rousseau, Seurat, de Chirico and Matisse, Iberian bronzes, African art
Musée Pierre Cardin | N/A | 4th | Fashion | Over 250 Haute Couture designs from 1950 to 2000 designed by Pierre Cardin
Musée Rodin |  | 7th | Art | Works of the French sculptors Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel, located in the Hôtel Biron
Musée Valentin Haüy | N/A | 7th | Medical | History of the blind and of the methods that gave them access to culture
Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris |  | 16th | Fashion | Opening in 2017, operated by the Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent, works by fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent
Musée Zadkine |  | 6th | Art | (VP) House and work of sculptor Ossip Zadkine (1890–1967)
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle |  | 5th | Natural history | Includes galleries for minerals and gems, fossils and dinosaurs and comparative anatomy, and the Grand Gallery of Evolution
Palais de la Découverte |  | 8th | Science | Includes interactive exhibits for mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology and biology
Palais de Tokyo |  | 16th | Art | Modern and contemporary art
Palais Galliera |  | 16th | Fashion | (VP) Also known as Musée de la Mode et du Costume de la Ville de Paris, fashion and fashion history, includes exhibits of French fashion design and costume from the eighteenth century to the present; closed between exhibitions
Pavillon de l'Arsenal |  | 4th | Architecture | (VP premises) Architecture and urban planning
Pavillon de l'eau |  | 16th | Technology | (VP premises) History of the city's water supply
Petit Musée de l'Argenterie | N/A | 12th | Decorative arts | Decorative arts made of silver
Petit Palais |  | 8th | Art | (VP) Paintings, sculpture, Ancient Greek and Roman art, Renaissance art and artifacts, 17th, 18th and 19th century art and artifacts, art from the Western and Eastern Christian worlds, engravings and drawings, photography
Salle des Traditions de la Garde Républicaine |  | 4th | Military | History of the Garde Républicaine
Tenniseum | N/A | 16th | Sports | Part of Roland Garros Stadium
Théâtre-Musée des Capucines | N/A | 2nd | Fashion | Perfume
Tour Jean-sans-Peur |  | 2nd | History | History of the medieval tower and medieval Paris
World Heritage Centre |  | 7th | Historic site | Tours of the UNESCO headquarters

### Grand Paris

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Atelier Grognard | Rueil-Malmaison | Hauts-de-Seine | Art | Changing exhibitions of art
Musée Adrien Mentienne | Bry-sur-Marne | Val-de-Marne | Local | Local history, house of Louis Daguerre
Château de Grosbois | Boissy-Saint-Léger | Val-de-Marne | Historic house | 17th century castle
Château de Vincennes | Vincennes | Val-de-Marne | Historic house | Massive 14th and 17th century French royal fortress
Écomusée du Val de Bièvres | Fresnes | Val-de-Marne | Local | Local history and ethnology in a medieval farm
Exploradôme | Vitry-sur-Seine | Val-de-Marne | Science | Interactive exhibits about science including optical illusions, turbulent motion, structures and forms, and movement
Expo-Musée Renault | Boulogne-Billancourt | Hauts-de-Seine | Automotive | History of Renault automobiles
Fondation Arp | Clamart | Hauts-de-Seine | Art | Studio of Jean Arp and Sophie Taeuber
Fondation Jean Dubuffet | Périgny-sur-Yerres | Val-de-Marne | Art | Works of Jean Dubuffet
Maison de la photographie Robert Doisneau | Gentilly | Val-de-Marne | Photography | Humanist photography and works of Parisian photographer Robert Doisneau
Mémorial du Mont-Valérien | Suresnes | Hauts-de-Seine | Military | Place of execution of resistants and hostages during WWII
Musée Albert-Kahn | Boulogne-Billancourt | Hauts-de-Seine | Photography | Historic photographs and film collected by the banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn
Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne | Vitry-sur-Seine | Val-de-Marne | Art | Contemporary art
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Colombes | Colombes | Hauts-de-Seine | Local | Art and local history
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Meudon | Meudon | Hauts-de-Seine | Local | Landscape painting, contemporary art and postwar history of Meudon
Musée d'art et d'histoire de Saint-Denis | Saint-Denis | Seine-Saint-Denis | Local | Local art and history, in the former Carmel of Saint-Denis
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Saint-Ouen | Saint-Ouen | Seine-Saint-Denis | Local | Art and history, in the castle of Saint-Ouen
Musée d'Histoire Locale de Rueil-Malmaison - Mémoire de la ville | Rueil-Malmaison | Hauts-de-Seine | Local | Local history, features a collection of toy soldiers, located in the former town hall
Musee d'Histoire Urbaine et Sociale de Suresnes (MUS) | Suresnes | Hauts-de-Seine | Local | Local history, area urban planning
Musée de la Colombophilie | Suresnes | Hauts-de-Seine | Military | Military dovecote, in the Fort du Mont-Valérien
Musée de la Résistance Nationale [fr] | Champigny-sur-Marne | Val-de-Marne | History | History of the French Resistance from its inception up to the Liberation in World War II
Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace | Le Bourget | Seine-Saint-Denis | Aerospace | Features 400 aircraft, 150 of which are on display, history of aviation, ballooning and space exploration
Musée de l'histoire vivante | Montreuil | Seine-Saint-Denis | Local history | Local history of the working class
Musée de Livry-Gargan - Château de la Forêt | Livry-Gargan | Seine-Saint-Denis | Local | Temporary exhibitions of art, etc.
Musée de Nogent-sur-Marne | Nogent-sur-Marne | Val-de-Marne | Local | Influence of the River Marne on art, bridges, architecture, boating, sports
Musée de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés - Villa Médicis | La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire | Val-de-Marne | Local | Local history
Musée des Années Trente | Boulogne-Billancourt | Hauts-de-Seine | Art | Fine art, decorative art, and industrial arts of the 1930s
Musée des Automates | Neuilly-sur-Seine | Hauts-de-Seine | Automates | Automates
Musée des Avelines | Saint-Cloud | Hauts-de-Seine | Local and art | Art and local history, includes the former Château de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud porcelain, artist Eugène Carrière
Musée des Gardes Suisses | Rueil-Malmaison | Hauts-de-Seine | Military | History of the Swiss Guard, located in the former 18th-century barracks
Musée des Transmissions | Suresnes | Hauts-de-Seine | Military | Military transmissions equipments, in the Fort du Mont-Valérien, visit on demand
Musée des transports urbains, interurbains et ruraux | Colombes | Hauts-de-Seine | Transport | Metro, tramways, bus, etc., visit on demand
Musée des travaux publics | Courbevoie | Hauts-de-Seine | Technology and industry | Scale models of road, rail, harbour, etc. infrastructures, visit on demand
Musée du Domaine départemental de Sceaux | Sceaux | Hauts-de-Seine | Historic house | Tours of the 19th-century Château de Sceaux, includes fine art, furniture, and decorative art from former royal residences, park designed by Le Nôtre
Musée Émile Jean | Villiers-sur-Marne | Val-de-Marne | Local | Local history
Musée Fragonard d'Alfort | Maisons-Alfort | Val-de-Marne | Medical | Anatomical oddities, mostly of animals, located within the École Nationale Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort
Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer | Issy-les-Moulineaux | Hauts-de-Seine | Decorative arts | Historic playing cards and art and objects related to card games
Musée National de Malmaison et Bois-Préau | Rueil-Malmaison | Hauts-de-Seine | Historic house | Castle of Empress Joséphine
Musée Paul Belmondo | Boulogne-Billancourt | Hauts-de-Seine | Art | Works of sculptures Paul Belmondo
Musée Rodin | Meudon | Hauts-de-Seine | Art | Villa and studio of sculptor Auguste Rodin, also known as La Villa des Brillants
Musée Roybet Fould | Courbevoie | Hauts-de-Seine | Art | Collection of 19th works including Consuelo Fould, exhibitions of historic and contemporary art and photography
Musée-jardin Paul Landowski | Boulogne-Billancourt | Hauts-de-Seine | Art | Works by sculptor Paul Landowski
Sèvres - Cité de la céramique | Sèvres | Hauts-de-Seine | Decorative arts | Ceramics by the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres and contemporary ceramics by other artists
La Vallée-aux-Loups | Châtenay-Malabry | Hauts-de-Seine | Historic house | Country house of Chateaubriand

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Centre Photographique d'Île-de-France | Pontault-Combault | Seine-et-Marne | Photography |
Château de Blandy-les-Tours | Blandy-les-Tours | Seine-et-Marne | Historic house | Restored remains of the 13th-century feudal fortress manor castle
Château de Breteuil | Choisel | Yvelines | Historic house | 17th-century chateau with rare portraits of Kings, 18th-century furniture, rooms with wax figures of kings and important figures created by the Musée Grévin
Château de Brie-Comte-Robert | Brie-Comte-Robert | Seine-et-Marne | Historic house | Remains of the medieval fortress castle
Château de Champs-sur-Marne | Champs-sur-Marne | Seine-et-Marne | Historic house | 18th-century rococo house and gardens with links to many important figures
Château de Courances | Courances | Essonne | Historic house | Louis XIII style chateau and gardens
Château de Courson | Courson-Monteloup | Essonne | Historic house | Chateau and park with gardens
Château de Dampierre | Dampierre-en-Yvelines | Yvelines | Historic house | Renaissance castle, gardens and park
Château de Dourdan | Dourdan | Essonne | Historic house | Fortress castle, includes museum of local history
Château de Fontainebleau | Fontainebleau | Seine-et-Marne | Historic house | One of the largest French royal châteaux, residence of French monarchs from Louis VII through Napoleon III
Château de la Madeleine | Chevreuse | Yvelines | Historic house | Remains of a medieval fortress castle
Château de La Roche-Guyon | La Roche-Guyon | Val-d'Oise | Historic house | Medieval manor house and fortress
Château de Maisons | Maisons-Laffitte | Yvelines | Historic house | 17th-century French baroque chateau
Château de Nemours | Ferrières-en-Brie | Seine-et-Marne | Art | Medieval castle that houses exhibitions from its art collection
Château de Rambouillet | Rambouillet | Yvelines | Historic house | Former Royal, Imperial and Presidential residence with large 50,000 acres of woods
Château de Rentilly | Bussy-Saint-Martin | Seine et Marne | Contemporary art |
Château de Thoiry | Thoiry | Yvelines | Historic house | 150-hectare (370-acre) castle, wildlife park and zoo, and botanical garden
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte | Maincy | Seine-et-Marne | Historic house | 17th-century grand château and gardens
Domaine de Madame Élisabeth | Versailles | Yvelines | Historic house | House of Mme Elisabeth sister of king Louis XVI
Domaine départemental de Chamarande | Chamarande | Essonne | Contemporary art | Contemporary art exhibited in the 17th-18th c. castle and park
Domaine départemental de Méréville | Méréville | Essonne | Historic house | 16th-18th castle and park (in renovation)
Maison-atelier Foujita | Villiers-le-Bâcle | Essonne | Historic house | House of the painter Leonard Foujita
Maison Jean-Cocteau | Milly-la-Forêt | Essonne | Historic house | House of the writer and artist Jean Cocteau
Musée Aeronautique et Spatial SAFRAN | Réau | Seine-et-Marne | Aerospace | History of aviation and aerospace in France, includes historic airplanes, space engines, rockets, motorcycles
Musée archéologique départemental du Val-d'Oise | Guiry-en-Vexin | Val d'Oise | Archeology | Archeology of the département, Gallo-Roman sculpture
Musée d'Argenteuil | Argenteuil | Val d'Oise | Local | Archeology, local history
Musée Bossuet | Meaux | Seine-et-Marne | Art | Art and local history and art, located in a former episcopal palace
Musée d'Archéologie Nationale | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | Yvelines | Archaeology | Located in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, include finds from Paleolithic to Merovingian times
Musée d'art et d'histoire de Melun | Melun | Seine-et-Marne | Local | Art, local history, archaeological pieces, lapidary, works by sculptor Henri Chapu
Musée de la Faïence | Vulaines-sur-Seine | Seine-et-Marne | Local | Features a collection of local ceramics, exhibits of local history
Musée de la Gendarmerie Nationale | Melun | Seine-et-Marne | Military | History of the National Gendarmerie
Musée de la Grande Guerre | Meaux | Seine-et-Marne | Military | History of World War I
Musée de la Seine et Marne | Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin | Seine-et-Marne | Local | History of the département and writer Pierre Mac Orlan
Musée de la Toile de Jouy | Jouy-en-Josas | Yvelines | Textile | Located in the Chateau de l'Églantine, Toile de Jouy fabric collection, printing equipment and old drawings, period display of Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf furniture
Musée de Préhistoire d’Île-de-France | Nemours | Seine-et-Marne | Archaeology | Archaeological artifacts showing the prehistory of the area
Musée des Peintres de Barbizon | Barbizon | Seine-et-Marne | Art | Works by the Barbizon school of painters
Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français | Butry-sur-Oise | Val-d'Oise | Railway | Historic railway vehicles
Musée national de la Renaissance | Écouen | Val-d'Oise | Decorative arts | Located in the 16th-century Château d'Écouen, houses Renaissance decorative art from the Musée national du Moyen Âge
Musée départemental Maurice Denis "The Priory" | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | Yvelines | Art | Focus is Nabi art
Musée Espace Gaïa | Vulaines-sur-Seine | Seine-et-Marne | Natural history | Area geology and paleontology, located in the Medieval Priory St. Martin
Musée Fournaise | Chatou | Yvelines | Art | Restaurant location on the Seine that inspired many Impressionist painters, includes art and writings inspired by the river
Musée Français de la Photographie | Bièvres | Essonne | Photography | Photography
Musée Gatien-Bonnet | Lagny-sur-Marne | Seine-et-Marne | Local | History of the town, archeology, neo-impressionnist paintings
Musée Henri Chapu | Le Mée-sur-Seine | Seine-et-Marne | Art | Works by sculptor Henri Chapu
Musée Jardin Bourdelle | Égreville | Seine-et-Marne | Art | Features over 50 outdoor bronze sculptures by Antoine Bourdelle in a garden setting
Musée Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Montmorency | Val d'Oise | Historic house | House of the philosopher from 1757 to 1762, manuscripts and memorabilia
Musée Lambinet | Versailles | Yvelines | Local | History of the town, includes some rooms with period decor and the town's collection of decorative arts from the 15th to 20th centuries, and paintings, sculptures and other works of art by artists from the town
Musée Louis Braille | Coupvray | Seine-et-Marne | Historic house | Birthplace home depicting life of Louis Braille, educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired
Musée Louis Senlecq | L'Isle-Adam | Seine et Marne | Art and history | Paintings, sculptures, décorative arts, local history
Musée national de Port-Royal des Champs | Magny-les-Hameaux | Yvelines | Art | 17th and 18th-century art and engravings, remains of the medieval abbey of Cistercian nuns
Museum of Provins | Provins | Seine-et-Marne | Local | Local history, located in a 13th-century house
Musée Robert-Dubois-Corneau | Brunoy | Essonne | Local | History of the town, art of thé 18th c., actor Talma
Musée Stéphane Mallarmé | Vulaines-sur-Seine | Seine-et-Marne | Historic house | House of poet Stéphane Mallarmé, his works and those of his artist friends
Musée Utrillo-Valadon | Sannois | Val-d'Oise | Art | Art exhibitions, features works by Maurice Utrillo, Suzanne Valadon (his mother) and André Utter (his stepfather)
Palace of Versailles | Versailles | Yvelines | Historic house | Royal palace of Louis XIV with many buildings, gardens, Museum of the History of France
Tour César (fr) | Provins | Seine-et-Marne | Historic site | Medieval fortress tower
Union Nationale des collectionneurs de Véhicules Militaires | Versailles | Yvelines | Military |

Collection of historic military vehicles, some of which were involved in the Liberation of Paris. Also includes prototype vehicles for the Aérotrain.

Villa Savoye | Poissy | Yvelines | Historic house | 1930s modernist villa designed by Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret

## Defunct museums

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### Paris

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Centre de la Mer et des Eaux | 2010 |
Musée Arménien de France | 1995 | Closed until compliance to security norms
Musée Bouilhet-Christofle | 2008 |
Musée Bouchard | 2007 | Collections moved to the Musée de La Piscine in Roubaix
Musée Dapper | 2017 |
Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière | 2005 | Collections moved to the University of Montpellier
Musée d'Art Juif | 1998 | Collections moved to the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme
Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro | 1935 | Collections moved to the Musée de l'Homme and the Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires
Musée de l'Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris | 2012 | (VP premises), evaluating reopening at the Hôtel Dieu
Musée de l'Holographie | 1996 |
Musée de la mode et du textile | 1997 | Now a department of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Musée de la Poupée | 2017
Musée de la Publicité | 1999 | Now a department of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Musée de la Serrure | 2003 |
Musée de Notre Dame de Paris | 2008 |
Musée de Radio France | 2007 | Collections stored
Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits | 2014 |
Musée des Matériaux du Centre de Recherche sur les Monuments Historiques | 2007 ? | Now a department of the Centre de recherches sur les Monuments historiques reserved to the students of the School of Chaillot (fr) at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine
Musée du Montparnasse | 2015 | (VP premises), replaced by the Villa Vassilieff art center
Musée Dupuytren | 2016 | Collections moved to the Pierre and Marie Curie University
Musée Grévin – Forum des Halles | 1996 | Collections moved back to the Musée Grévin
Musée Lenine | 2007 |
Musée national Hébert | 2004 | Closed for renovation operated by the Musée d'Orsay
Musée National du Sport | 2013 | Collections moved to Nice
Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie | 2003 | Collections moved to the Musée du quai Branly
Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires (France) | 2005 | Collections moved to the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations in Marseille
Musée-Galerie de la Seita | 2000 | Half of the collection given to the Musée du Tabac in Bergerac
Musée-Placard d'Erik Satie | 2008 |
La Maison Rouge | 2018  |
Pavillon des Arts | 2006 | (VP premises)
Pinacothèque de Paris | 2016 |
Revue virtuelle | 1996 |

### Paris région

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* Musée Rosa Bonheur, premises mostly sold by the city in 2014
* Musée d’art naïf de Vicq en Île-de-France, closed in 2014

## See also

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Landmarks|

* Arc de Triomphe
* Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
* Arènes de Lutèce
* Bourse
* Catacombs
* Conciergerie
* Eiffel Tower
* Gare d'Austerlitz
* Gare de l'Est
* Gare de Lyon
* Gare du Nord
* Gare Montparnasse
* Gare Saint-Lazare
* Grand Palais and Petit Palais
* Institut de France
* Jeanne d'Arc
* Les Invalides
* Napoleon's tomb
* Louvre Pyramid
* Luxor Obelisk
* Odéon
* Opéra Bastille
* Opéra Garnier
* Panthéon
* Philharmonie de Paris
* Place Diana
* Flame of Liberty
* Porte Saint-Denis
* Porte Saint-Martin
* Sorbonne
* Tour Montparnasse

Museums
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* Army Museum
* Bibliothèque nationale
* Carnavalet
* Centre Pompidou
* Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
* Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume
* Louis Vuitton Foundation
* Musée des Arts décoratifs
* Musée des Arts et Métiers
* Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme
* Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
* Maison de Balzac
* Musée Bourdelle
* Musée de la Cinémathèque
* Musée Cognacq-Jay
* Musée Grévin
* Musée Guimet
* Maison de Victor Hugo
* Musée Jacquemart-André
* Musée du Louvre
* Musée Marmottan Monet
* Musée de la Vie romantique
* Musée de Montmartre
* Musée National d'Art Moderne
* Musée national Eugène Delacroix
* Musée national Gustave Moreau
* Musée national des Monuments Français
* Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
* Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge
* Musée de l'Orangerie
* Musée d'Orsay
* Musée Pasteur
* Musée Picasso
* Musée du Quai Branly
* Musée Rodin
* Palais de la Légion d'Honneur
* Musée de la Légion d'honneur
* Palais de Tokyo

Religious buildings|

* Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
* American Cathedral
* American Church
* Armenian Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
* Chapelle expiatoire
* Grand Mosque
* Grand Synagogue
* Synagogue de Nazareth
* La Madeleine
* Notre-Dame de Paris
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* Sacré-Cœur
* Saint Ambroise
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* Saint-Eustache
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* Tour Saint-Jacques
* Saint-Jean de Montmartre
* Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis
* Saint-Pierre de Montmartre
* Saint-Roch
* Saint-Sulpice
* Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
* Sainte-Chapelle
* Sainte-Clotilde
* Sainte-Trinité
* Temple du Marais
* Val-de-Grâce

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and palaces|

* Élysée Palace
* Hôtel de Beauvais
* Hôtel de Charost
* Hôtel de Crillon
* Hôtel d'Estrées
* Hôtel de la Païva
* Hôtel de Pontalba
* Hôtel de Sens
* Hôtel de Soubise
* Hôtel de Sully
* Hôtel de Ville
* Hôtel Lambert
* Hôtel Matignon
* Luxembourg Palace
* Petit Luxembourg
* Palais Bourbon
* Palais de Justice
* Palais de la Cité
* Palais-Royal

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areas, squares
and waterways|

* Avenue de l'Opéra
* Avenue Foch
* Avenue George V
* Boulevard de la Madeleine
* Boulevard de Sébastopol
* Canal de l'Ourcq
* Canal Saint-Martin
* Champ de Mars
* Champs-Élysées
* Covered passages
* Galerie Véro-Dodat
* Choiseul
* Panoramas
* Galerie Vivienne
* Havre
* Jouffroy
* Brady
* Latin Quarter
* Le Marais
* Montmartre
* Montparnasse
* Place Diana
* Place Dauphine
* Place de la Bastille
* Place de la Concorde
* Place de la Nation
* Place de la République
* Place des Émeutes-de-Stonewall
* Place des États-Unis
* Place des Pyramides
* Place des Victoires
* Place des Vosges
* Place du Carrousel
* Place du Châtelet
* Place du Tertre
* Place Saint-Michel
* Place Vendôme
* Pont Alexandre III
* Pont d'Iéna
* Pont de Bir-Hakeim
* Pont des Arts
* Pont Neuf
* Port du Louvre
* Rive Gauche
* Rue Basse
* Rue Bonaparte
* Rue Charlemagne
* Rue d'Argenteuil
* Rue de la Ferronnerie
* Rue de la Paix
* Rue de la Sourdière
* Rue de Montmorency
* Rue de Richelieu
* Rue de Rivoli
* Rue de Vaugirard
* Rue des Francs-Bourgeois
* Rue des Lombards
* Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
* Rue Elzévir
* Rue Foyatier
* Rue Molière
* Rue Montorgueil
* Rue Radziwill
* Rue Rambuteau
* Rue Mondétour
* Rue Pastourelle
* Rue des Rosiers
* Rue Saint-Honoré
* Rue Saint-Denis
* Rue Sainte-Anne
* Saint-Germain-des-Prés
* Trocadéro
* Viaduc d'Austerlitz

Parks and gardens
(list)|

* Bois de Boulogne
* Jardin d'Acclimatation
* Bois de Vincennes
* Parc floral
* Jardin du Luxembourg
* Parc André-Citroën
* Parc Clichy-Batignolles
* Parc de Belleville
* Parc de Bercy
* Parc de la Butte-du-Chapeau-Rouge
* Parc des Buttes Chaumont
* Parc Georges-Brassens
* Parc Monceau
* Parc Montsouris
* Tuileries Garden
* Coulée verte René-Dumont

Sport venues|

* Accor Arena
* Auteuil Hippodrome
* Halle Georges Carpentier
* Longchamp Hippodrome
* Parc des Princes
* Piscine Molitor
* Porte de La Chapelle Arena
* Stade Jean Bouin
* Stade Pershing
* Stade Pierre de Coubertin
* Stade Roland Garros
* Stade Sébastien Charléty
* Vélodrome de Vincennes
* Vincennes Hippodrome

Cemeteries|

* Montmartre Cemetery
* Montparnasse Cemetery
* Passy Cemetery
* Père Lachaise Cemetery
* Oscar Wilde's tomb
* Picpus Cemetery

Région parisienne|

* Basilica of Saint-Denis
* Château d'Écouen
* Château de Chantilly
* Château de Fontainebleau
* Château de Malmaison
* Château de Rambouillet
* Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
* Château de Sceaux
* Château and Gardens of Versailles (Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon, including the Fresh pavilion)
* Château de Vincennes
* La Défense
* Grande Arche
* Paris La Défense Arena
* Disneyland Paris
* Disneyland Park
* Walt Disney Studios Park
* Exploradôme
* Fort Mont-Valérien
* Mémorial de la France combattante
* Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial
* France Miniature
* Musée de l'air et de l'espace
* Musée Fragonard d'Alfort
* Parc Astérix
* Parc de Saint-Cloud
* Provins
* La Roche-Guyon
* Sèvres – Cité de la céramique
* Stade de France
* Vaux-le-Vicomte

Culture and events|

* Bastille Day military parade
* Dîner en Blanc
* Fête de la Musique
* Nuit Blanche
* Paris Air Show
* Paris Fashion Week
* Paris-Plages
* Republican Guard
* Solidays

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