Parisian Museums - Top 6 For the Visitor

Your Paris vacation will not be a real Paris vacation if you just spend your time inside your luxury Paris hotel. IIn Paris you should maximize that time to visit the famous museums and landmarks of the city. Aside from the Eiffel Tower and the Arc De Triumphe, the city is famous for its museums and galleries. Paris is not just a city of romance; it is also a city of art. A visit to the famous museums will surely make your Paris vacation an experience for art lover's and even those who don' t normally look at art.

On the top of the list is the largest museum in the whole world that exhibits tons and tons of historic art pieces from the medieval and the renaissance era. It also displays modern and contemporary pieces. The Louvre houses an astonishing 35,000 art pieces including works of masters such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. A visit to the Louvre is compulsory for any tour of the city.

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Displaying artworks that will define and describe the rich history of Paris, the Carnavalet Museum should be included in the list of places you should visit in Paris. This museum exhibits collections such as the Madame de Sevigne's Gallery, the Charle Le Brun Ceiling, and the famous Robespierre's Final Letter. Another bizarre exhibition is an ancient recipe for frog's legs.

Parisian Museums - Top 6 For the Visitor

If you want to view exhibitions of various counterfeited objects such as money, you should visit the Counterfeit Museum. It is an unusual yet interesting museum to visit boasting panels of genuine and authentic objects compared with fake ones. This museum features the world's masters of counterfeiting.

There is also a museum in Paris that exhibits works from the Far East. The Guimet, which is actually the surname of the founder of the museum, displays arts from China, Japan and other countries in Asia. There are also some Egyptian and Turkish items that are included in the exhibition. This museum started only as a private collection of Emile Guimet and continued to be a gallery for public viewing.

For contemporary and modern art, the Centre National d'Art et de Culture George Pompidou is the place to visit. This museum displays galleries and collections of contemporary and modern art including a wide collection of journals from around the world.

Paris also has a museum for dolls. Started as a collection of father and son Guido and Samy Odin, this museum features dolls starting from the 19th century. Aside from dolls, the museum also exhibits other toys and accessories. It also has a toy shop and a doll hospital.

Another famous museum that Paris boasts is the Orsay Museum which is actually built inside the old Orsay train station. It exhibits architectural plans, decorative pieces, paintings and photographs from the 19thcentury.

The mentioned museums are just a sampling of so many museums and galleries that you can find in the city of Paris. There are still other museums and galleries that you can visit and consider. A day will not be enough to visit all of the Parisian museums. Well, if you get tired of walking in the museum halls, there is always your luxury Paris hotel where you can retire and rest to prepare for the next tour the next day.

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