Paris
Top museums in Paris
Orsay Museum
The Musee d'Orsay in Paris, is housed in the former Orsay Railway station. The museum displays collections of art from the period 1848 to 1914.
Musee Guimet
The museum is devoted to the religions of Ancient Egypt, Classical Antiquity and Asia.
Pompidou
The Pompidou Museum has one of leading collections of modern and contemporary art in Europe.
Pinacotheque de Paris
This space in Paris presents "must-see" exhibitions on leading artists.
The Louvre
The Louvre Museum, with its spectacular glass pyramid, is an icon of Paris and one of the world's most-visited cultural sites.
Top exhibitions in Paris
Antiquity Rediscovered - European Art between the Antique and Reinvention, 1720-1790
The “neoclassical” trend emerged in the 18th century.
3rd December 2010 - 14th February 2011
Heinrich Kuhn
The great ambition of Heinrich Kühn (1866-1944) was to create photographs whose artistic merit could rival that of painting.
19th October 2010 - 23rd January 2011
From El Greco to Dalí. The great Spanish masters. The Pérez Simón collection
The Musée Jacquemart-André will host the exhibition “From El Greco to Dalí: the great Spanish masters from the Pérez Simon collection.
12th March 2010 - 1st August 2010
Making of Images
With 160 works and objects, the exhibition deciphers large artistic and material productions of humanity to reveal what is not seen directly in an ima
16th February 2010 - 17th July 2011
Antoine Watteau and the art of engraving
A hundred engravings from the oeuvre of Antoine Watteau, mostly from the Edmond de Rothschild collection, illustrate the art of engraving in 18th C.
8th July 2010 - 11th October 2010
Top permanent collections in Paris
Egyptian Antiquities
The permanent collection of Egyptian Antiquities presents works from c. 4000 BC to 4th century AD.
Top exhibits in Paris
La Belle Jadiniere
La Belle Jardiniere, 1508, was painted by Raphael and is held in the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France.
Venus de Milo
The Venus de Milo was discovered in 1820 on the island of Melos (Milo in modern Greek) in the south-western Cyclades.
The Bathers
The Bathers c 1918 was painted by Renoir and is held in the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France.
The Artist's Room in Arles
The Artist's Room in Arles, 1889, was painted by Vincent Van Gogh and is held in the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France.
Orpheus and Eurydice
Orpheus and Eurydice, c. 1650 was painted by Nicolas Poussin and is held in the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France.
