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Paris Art Galleries (Paris, France)



Paris art galleries display some wonderful collections of art, including paintings by local and world-famous artists, both modern and more classical. Works from the early periods in the history of art can be viewed at the Louvre and there are many museums that house permanent exhibitions containing works of the greatest artists such as Monet, Rodin, Picasso and Matisse, along with a host of others.

Besides permanent exhibitions, Paris art galleries put on additional exhibitions of contemporary and historical works. Here are some of the city's top galleries worth visiting, many of which have only a small admission charge.




Paris Art Galleries: Musée du Louvre - Palais du Louvre, Cours Napoléon, Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 40 20 53 17
First opened as a public museum in 1793, and with over 300,000 artworks, antiquities and statues, Musée du Louvre is considered to be the world's greatest art museum. Amongst the most famous exhibits to be seen here are the Venus de Milo and Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa'. The entrance to this museum is through a 21-metre / 67-feet glass pyramid, which was commissioned by former French President François Mitterrand and added during the 1980s. The pyramid was controversial at the time but is now widely accepted.
Art gallery open: daily, except Tuesday
Monday and Wednesday - 09:00 to 21:45, Thursday to Sunday - 09:00 to 18:45

Paris Art Galleries: Musée d'Orsay - 1 Rue de Bellechasse, Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 40 49 48 14
This former railway station is one of the city's most popular museums and covers the period between 1848 and 1914. Both impressionist and post-impressionist atists are well represented.
Art gallery open: Tuesday, Wedesday, Friday and Saturday - 10:00 to 18:00, Thursday - 10:00 to 21:45, Sunday - 09:00 to 18:00

Paris Art Galleries: Musée Picasso - Hôtel Salé, 5 Rue de Thorigny, Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 42 71 25 21
This museum houses the largest collection in the world of the works of Pablo Picasso. Located in a 17th-century hotel which has been luxuriously restored by the French government as a permanent home for the numerous works of art which were given to the government by Picasso's heirs. Other artists whose works are displayed include Cézanne, Miró, Renoir, Braque, Degas and Matisse.
Art gallery open: April to September, Wednesday to Monday - 09:30 to 18:00
October to March, Wednseday to Monday - 09:30 to 17:30

Paris Art Galleries: Musée Marmottan-Claude Monet - 2 Rue Louis Boilly, Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 42 24 07 02
This excellent museum is located in a 19th-century mansion, and contains numerous works by Monet and other impressionists. Paintings by other artists include Pissarro, Renoir, Gauguin and Sisley.
Art gallery open: Tuesday to Sunday - 10:00 to 18:00
Art gallery admission: charge

Paris Art Galleries: Musée de l'Orangerie - Place de la Concorde, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 42 97 48 16
An array of early 20th-century paintings, including several of Claude Monet's water lilies series and works by other French painters such as Cézanne, Renoir, Matisse, Picasso, and Modigliani.
Art gallery open: Wednesday to Monday - 09:45 to 17:15, closed Tuesday

Paris Art Galleries: Musée Jacquemart-André - 158 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 42 89 04 91
This late 19th-century museum, built originally as a hotel, features displays of arts from the Italian Renaisance and 18th-century France. This was the collection of banker and art-lover Edouard André and his wife.
Art gallery open: daily - 10:00 to 18:00
Art gallery admission: charge

Paris Art Galleries: American Art Gallery - 14 Rue des Jardins, St. Paul, 75004, Paris, France
Tel: +33 (0)1 140 279 697
The American Art Gallery is located in the Marais district of Paris, close to the Place des Vosge and the Picasso Museum. Featuring many original modern paintings, the American Art Gallery specialises in contemporary 'Urban-Expressionism' works of art.
Paris art gallery open: Monday to Friday - 11:00 to 18:00
Paris art gallery admission: free

 
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