Musea

In the Catacombs of Paris (Les Catacombes de Paris), a vast network of underground tunnels and places, the visitor can rediscover the underground work of the miners, who, since early antiquity have extracted the calcareous used in so many buildings, or meditate in the ossuary on the remains of around 6 million inhabitants laid to … Lees verder » “The Catacombs of Paris”

The crypt, close to the Notre-Dame, reveals some of the foundations of Paris, from antiquity, the Medieval and the Modern Age. The surroundings of Paris were already inhabited long before the arrival of the Celts, around the third century BC. Caesar held a meeting in 53 BC, upon which Vercingetorix rebelled in 52 BC, to … Lees verder » “Archeological Crypt in the Parvis of the Notre-Dame”

The major cultural events programmed in the National Galeries (Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais) are based on a broad and generous vision of art history. Exhibits include monographs of artists, major artistic movements, fine art retrospectives, thematic exhibitions, an open approach to the 20th century, and to all forms of sculpture and creative uses of … Lees verder » “The National Galeries”

The Museum contains a collection of over 4,000 instruments and reference holdings and regularly organizes temporary exhibitions, displaying a constantly changing musical heritage that is at once ancient and turned to world cultures. A main focus of the Museum is to embrace major cultural movements. In addition to its collections tracing the history of instruments … Lees verder » “Museum de la Musique”

The museum is one of the major museums of Impressionist paintings. The Monet collection shows the significant stages of the master painter’s career and follows the evolution of his technique. The museum is the custodian of the largest Monet collection in the world. Among others the collection holds the pieces painted on the Normand coast: … Lees verder » “Marmottan Museum”

The museum shows the famous Walter-Guillaume collection of Impressionist paintings and the waterlilies, (the Nymphéas) of Claude Monet, installed in 1927, one year after Monet\’s death. After the armistice of November 11, 1918, the French prime minister, Georges Clemenceau, invited his friend Claude Monet to display his large-format waterlilies in the Orangerie. The garden, pounds, … Lees verder » “Orangerie Museum”

The museum’s collection include works representing the major artistic movements of the twentieth century. Works are linked by a chronological and thematic circuit which illustrates French and other European art movements from the beginning of the twentieth century when Fauvist, Cubist, Post-Cubist and Orphic groupings were formed as well as Surrealist groups. The School of … Lees verder » “Museum Modern and Contemporary Art”