Paris will always be Paris, in any case, we are well on our way to becoming a lively and attractive city again. The restaurants are open again and have the right to extend their terraces on the public space. Our dear Birague’s street is in full bloom since flowerpots are replacing cars.
There’s still a lot to accomplish, but little by little, Paris is becoming Paris again. Not all museums are open yet but here is already a list of 9 museums that you can visit today. It’s time to go to the museum: because of the Coronavirus you have to book online, but thanks to the Coronavirus, you will be able to enjoy your visit without being rushed. There’s the same number of works of art but a lot less people, so go for it!
1 – Musée Bourdelle
©Jean-Pierre Dalbéra
This museum is installed in the apartments, workshops and gardens where Antoine Bourdelle lived and worked. This museum offers to the public singular exhibition spaces, open to gardens.
You will of course discover Antoine Bourdelle’s sculptures, but also paintings, drawings, photographs and manuscripts.
The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm.
https://www.bourdelle.paris.fr/
18, rue Antoine Bourdelle
75015 Paris
Tel : 01 49 54 73 73
2 – Musée Marmottan Monet
Wonderful works by Berthe Morisot and Claude Monet but also by Gustave Caillebotte, Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissaro and many other impressionists.
Tuesday to Sunday from 11am to 7pm
2 Rue Louis Boilly,
75016 Paris
T. +33 (0)1 44 96 50 33
3 – Musée de la Vie Romantique
The Museum of Romantic Life is housed in the Hotel Scheffer-Renan, the former home of the painter Ary Scheffer and home of romantic inspiration during the first part of the XIXᵉ century.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10am to 6pm.
https://museevieromantique.paris.fr/fr
Hotel Scheffer-Renan
16, rue Chaptal
75009 Paris
Téléphone :
+33 (0)1 55 31 95 67
4 – Musée de La Monnaie de Paris
First half of the 20th century
The coin is struck by a vertical movement of the press.
©Jean-Pierre Dalbéra
This museum explains how coins were made a long time ago and also how coins are made today.
Tuesday to Sunday from 11am to 7pm
https://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/
11, quai de Conti
75006 PARIS
If you don’t have time to stop by the Museum shop, Bring France Home sells a selection of objects made by the Monnaie de Paris.
5 – Musée du Quai de Branly
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Museum initiated by Jacques Chirac and directed by Jean Nouvel, inaugurated on June 20, 2006 dedicated to Ethnology (African, Asian, Oceanian and American Arts).
Museum open from 10:30 to 7:00.
37 Quai Branly, 75007 Paris.
+33 (0)1 56 61 70 00.
6 – Palais de la Porte Dorée
©Jean-Pierre Dalbéra
A masterpiece of art deco style, unique in Paris, classified as a historic monument, the Palais de la Porte Dorée is home to the National Museum of the History of Immigration and the Aquarium of the Palais de la Porte Dorée. Please note that the Aquarium will remain closed until 9 March 2021.
Open Tuesday to Friday from 10h to 17h30 and Saturday and Sunday from 10h to 19h.
https://www.palais-portedoree.fr/fr
Palais de la Porte Dorée
293, avenue Daumesnil
75012 Paris
7 – Maison Balzac
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La Maison de Balzac is a pavilion housing a museum dedicated to Honoré de Balzac. Nestled on the hillsides of Passy, the Maison de Balzac is the only one of the novelist’s Parisian residences that remains today.
https://www.maisondebalzac.paris.fr
47, rue Raynouard
75016 Paris
Téléphone :+33 (0)1 55 74 41 80
8 – Petit Palais
The Petit Palais, built on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition of 1900 by the architect Charles Girault, houses the Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris.
Open from tuesday to sunday from 10am to 6pm.
https://www.petitpalais.paris.fr
Avenue Winston-Churchill
75008 Paris
Tel : 01 53 43 40 00
9 – Cité de L’Architecture et du Patrimoine
©Jean-Pierre Dalbéra
The Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, housed in the “Paris” wing of the Palais de Chaillot is, with its 22,000 m², the largest architecture centre in the world.
Open every day except Tuesday from 11am to 7pm.
https://www.citedelarchitecture.fr/fr
1, Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre
75116 Paris
France
Téléphone : +33 1 58 51 52 00