The Villa Saxe Eiffel Hotel has selected the top 10 of museum that you must see during your trip in Paris.
Paris hosts a large number of museums of all sizes and on all subjects.
The Villa Saxe Eiffel Hotel pruposes you to discover a selection of our best museums in Paris.
List of museums
1/ Museum of the Army – 1km
The Museum of the Army created in 1905 located in the Hotel des Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris a fifteen minute walk from the hotel Villa Saxe Eiffel is a French national historic and military museum. The Army Museum is the result of the fusion of the Artillery Museum (1796) and the Army Historical Museum created a hundred years later, following the Universal Exhibition.
This site is served by Invalides, Varenne and La Tour-Maubourg metro stations.
Do not hesitate to contact the reception to book a ticket in one of the museums, or to prepare you a cultural route.
2/ Museum of Orsay – 2,2 km
The Musée d’Orsay is a national museum inaugurated in 1986 in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Its collections present Western art from 1848 to 1914, in all its diversity: painting, sculpture, decorative arts, graphic art, photography, architecture, etc.
It is one of the largest museums in Europe.
3/ Louvre Museum – 3km
The Louvre Museum is one of the largest museums in the world, attended by nearly 10 million visitors each year, whose main mission is to ensure the conservation, education and transmission of heritage to future generations .
The Louvre has long been one of the main residences of the kings of France.
4/ Museum of the Palais de Chaillot – 3km
The Palais de Chaillot museum is located on Place du Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement.
It offers one of the most memorable views of the Eiffel Tower.
5/ Center Georges Pompidou – 4.4km
The national center of art and culture Georges Pompidou is the 3rd most important cultural site dedicated to the most modern and contemporary creation in Paris after the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower.
On the top floor, you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the capital.
Do not hesitate to contact the reception to book a ticket in one of the museums, or to prepare you a cultural route.
6/ Espace Dali Montmartre – 5.5km
In the heart of Montmartre, famous artists’ village, the Espace Dalí exhibits the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí in France, in particular sculptures and engravings.
The museum has more than 300 original works, representative of his work.
7/ The Quai Branly Museum – 1.8km
What is a European temple dedicated to the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas?
To find out, visit the banks of the Seine, where stands the facade of the musée du quai Branly, built on the initiative of the former President Jacques Chirac.
8/ The Palace of Tokyo – 2.2km
The “PDT”, renovated in 2012, is an additional 14,000 m2 of exhibition space that stretches as far as the Seine.
A structure to contemporary art programming abundant and sharp.
9/ The Museum of Arts and Crafts – 5.5km
The walls of the Arts and Crafts have housed the oldest science museum in Europe.
Founded in 1794 by Bishop Henri Grégoire, the institution now hosts a vast and fascinating collection of inventions of all kinds, including an arsenal of astrolabes and barometers.
10/ The National Museum of Natural History – 5.1km
In the Grand Gallery of the Evolution of the Museum, stuffed creatures paraded majestically through various reconstructions of their natural environments.
A tremendous journey to discover the diversity of our environment.
