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Paris museums

5 placesFreeUpdated November 5, 2026

From the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay to Monet's Water Lilies at the Orangerie, the Rodin sculpture garden and Napoleon's tomb at Les Invalides.

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    Museums & culture· Louvre

    The Louvre

    The former royal palace turned into the world's most visited museum, with I. M. Pei's glass pyramid in the courtyard. Home to the Mona Lisa, the Winged Victory and the Venus de Milo.

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    The glass pyramid lit up at night in the Louvre palace courtyard
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    Museums & culture· Saint-Germain

    Musée d'Orsay

    A 1900 railway station that now holds the world's largest Impressionist collection, with Monet, Renoir, Degas and Van Gogh under the iron-and-glass vault and its giant clock.

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    The Musée d'Orsay building on the banks of the Seine, with the two clocks on its facade

  3. Museums & culture· Louvre

    Musée de l'Orangerie

    At the end of the Tuileries, two oval rooms designed with Monet for his Water Lilies wrap around you in natural light. Downstairs hang works by Renoir, Cézanne and Picasso.

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    The Orangerie building in the Tuileries Garden

  4. Museums & culture· Invalides

    Musée Rodin

    The 18th-century mansion where Rodin worked, with his sculpture inside and out in a rose garden where The Thinker and The Gates of Hell stand among the hedges.

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    The Hôtel Biron, home of the Musée Rodin, in its garden

  5. Museums & culture· Invalides

    Les Invalides

    Louis XIV's hospital for veterans, now home to the Army Museum. Beneath its gilded dome Napoleon lies in a red quartzite sarcophagus.

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    The north facade of Les Invalides at twilight, with the gilded dome behind

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Before you go

How to visit the Paris museums

  1. Mind the closing days

    The Louvre is closed on Tuesdays and the Musée d'Orsay on Mondays. Plan your week around them so you don't arrive at a locked door.

  2. Book a Louvre time slot

    Every Louvre ticket, free ones included, needs a time slot booked on ticket.louvre.fr. Arrive on time and enter through the pyramid or the Carrousel entrance.

  3. Orsay after dark

    On Thursdays the Musée d'Orsay stays open until 9:45pm, and the evening is quieter than the morning. Galleries start clearing half an hour before closing.

  4. Pair the Orangerie and Orsay

    The two Impressionist collections are a short walk apart through the Tuileries and over the footbridge, and there's a combined ticket for both.

Checked on November 3, 2026. Opening hours and tickets can change, so check each place’s website before you go.

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