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Attractions
Palais de Tokyo (French Modern Art Museum)
13 Avenue de Président Wilson 75116 Paris
Phone : 01 47 23 38 86 – M° Trocadéro (16th) - www.palaisdetokyo.com
Open Tue-Sun 12 pm – 12am
The Palais is know today as the “site of contempory creation”, dedicated to opening the minds of all generations. This is the only museum in Paris to be open till midnight and almost all events are open to the public.
Louvre Museum
34, quai du Louvre – 75001 Paris
Phone : 01 40 20 53 17 - M° Palais Royal (1st) - www.louvre.fr
Phone : 01.40.20.50.50, information E,glish/Spanish
Open Wed-Mon 9 am-6 pm (to 9:45 pm Wed & Fri, reducted price after 6 pm). One of the world’s most important art collections, including the Mona Lisa.
Musee de l’Orangerie in the Tuileries
Jardin des Tuileries, entrance Place de la Concorde
Phone : 01 44 77 80 07 - M° Concorde - www.musee-orangerie.fr
Open : Wed-Sun 12 :30 pm – 7 pm, Fri until 9 :30 pm.
Beautifully renovated, the renowned museum in the Tuileries Gardens houses a spectacular series of Monet’s Water Lilies.
Arc de Triomphe
Place Charles de Gaulle – 75008 Paris
Phone : 01 55 37 73 77 – M° Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile
Open : daily 10 am-10 :30 pm
The triumphal arch commissioned by Napoleon and finished in 1836 stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle and boats a fabulous view of the Champs-Elysées and includes the tomb of the unknown soldier.
Musee Jacquemart-André
158 blvd Haussman – 75008 Paris
Phone : 01 45 62 11 59 – M° Miromesnil (8th)
Daily 10 am-6 pm
The mansion of 19th century magnate Edouard André and his wife Nélie Jacquemart, whose stunning collection of furniture and art includes an Italian section with works by Mantegna, Uccello and Botticelli.
Musee du Quai Branly (Arts and Civilization of Africa, Asia and the Americas) 37 quai Branly – 75 007 Paris
Phone: 01 56 61 70 00 – M° Alma Marceau - www.quaibranly.fr
Open : Tue, Wed & Sun 11 am – 7 :00 pm, Thur, Fri & Sat 11 am – 9 pm
The City’s newest museum, with an extensive and dramatically displayed collection of indigenous arts from Africa, Asia Oceania and the Americas is housed in an immense new garden complex designed by architect Jean Nouvel.



