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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Name	Image	Arrondissement	Type	Summary
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
Gaîté Lyrique		3rd	Art	(VP premises) Digital art and culture center
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		14th	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
La Maison Rouge	N/A	12th	Art	Exhibits private art collections, monographic shows of contemporary artists' work
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 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"	N/A	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
Mona Bismarck American Center		16th	Art	Exhibitions of American art
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	N/A	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'érotisme		18th	Sex	Erotic art and artifacts from many cultures, contemporary erotic art
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
[fr]		5th	Medical	History of medical care for armed services in France
Musée du Service des Objets Trouvés	N/A	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
	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 sculptor Auguste Rodin, 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
		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

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Rest of Île de France[]

Defunct museums[]

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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

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