Museum – PARISVISUALS

Musee Nissim de Camondo

The Nissim de Camondo Museum is the name of an 19th century aristocratic residence built from 1911 to 1914 on the edge of Parc Monceau, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. A passionate collector, Moïse de Camondo (1860-1935) brought together furniture, paintings, carpets, tapestries, porcelain and goldwork from the 18th century in France of exceptional quality. Go back in time: discover all the modernity of a private mansion from the beginning of the 20th century and immerse yourself in the intimacy of a dynasty tragically extinguished during the Second World War. The Nissim de Camondo Museum is the name of …

Museum Sculpture Tour

Rodin

Musee Rodin If you ask people about the most famous sculptures they know, most of them mention The Thinker. A sculpture made by the 19th century sculptor Auguste Rodin. He really revolutionized the art of sculpture. He was a tremendously gifted sculptor and he could transform clay into any desired form within minutes. His assistants would cast these models into real bronze and marble statues. In the beautiful house in the equally gorgeous garden, some of his most famous sculptures are on display, including the Thinker and the Gates of Hell. Donated to the state after the Rodin died, this splendid …

Museum Tour

Invalides

A gilded dome, a monumental and marvelous courtyard, canons, a war museum and Napoleon’s tomb – the Invalides has it all. Built as a retirement home for soldiers by the Sun King – including a splendid church to celebrate his victories – it became one of Napoleons favorite Parisian sites: he liked to inspect his troops here. Hardly anywhere else will you encounter this kind of quintessentially French “grandeur”.

Modern Art Museum Tour

Centre Pompidou

An oil refinery, a factory? No, an avant-garde building from the seventies, that serves as a library, exposition room and modern art museum. And those multi-colored tubes? All pipelines for water, electricity and air, which the architects Piano and Rogers chose not to hide behind walls. Instead they enthusiastically hung them on the outside, with a colour code. Don’t forget to watch the nearby and just as colorful Stravinsky fountain!

Museum Tour

Musée Picasso

The Spanish Picasso lived in France for his entire adult life, so it’s normal that the most important Picasso museum should be found here. Where else can you track his entire career, from his early beginnings and the blue period, to cubism and his last drawings and sculptures? But let’s not forget his private collection of works of other artists. This is all on display in a gorgeous 17th century city mansion.

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Musée d’Orsay

Your train station is built like a museum, ”wrote one critic in 1900, hitting the nail on the head. But if you go up the escalators noawadays and look out over the gigantic space from the platform, you can almost see the steam clouds from the trains winding up… The art collected here is breathtaking. This museum has not only the largest collection of Impressionist paintings in the world, but so much more. Such as works by Cézanne, van Gogh, Gauguin, sculptures by Rodin, furniture, photos …

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The Louvre Museum

The museum of all superlatives … Imagine fifteen kilometers of rooms and corridors, 300,000 works of art (including some of the most famous paintings and sculptures in the world), 10,000 years of art history … The building itself is worth a visit, with its old castle walls, gilded royal galleries, lavish 19th century reception areas and – of course – the glass pyramid. This museum is one of a kind, not to be missed