From the Louvre, the most visited museum in the world, to the Mucem in Marseille, France has world-class museums, in Paris and in the regions alike. Painting, sculpture, world arts, science or technology: everyone will find their favourite field.
This selection brings together the great Parisian institutions, their regional branches such as the Louvre-Lens and the Centre Pompidou-Metz, and spectacular themed museums, from the Cité de l'espace in Toulouse to the Cité de l'automobile in Mulhouse.
The Louvre is the largest museum in Paris by area. Located in the heart of the city, between the right bank of the Seine and the Rue de Rivoli, in the 1st arrondissement, the building is a former royal palace.
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The Musée d'Orsay is a national museum in Paris, on the left bank of the Seine, in the 7th arrondissement.
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The Musée du quai Branly, or museum of the arts and civilisations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, is on quai Branly in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, on the site formerly occupied by the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
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Inaugurated in December 2012, the Louvre-Lens is set on a former pithead, in the heart of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin, inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
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The Centre Pompidou-Metz is a masterpiece of contemporary architecture. Designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines, it offers three exhibition galleries covered by a daring roof reminiscent of a Chinese hat.
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The museum's architecture is incredible! Made of glass, concrete and stainless steel, it rises like a headland at the tip of the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône.
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Unique of its kind, the MuCEM (Museum of Civilisations of Europe and the Mediterranean), in Marseille, is entirely devoted to the cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Housed in a former Dominican convent founded in 1252, the Unterlinden museum presents a prestigious collection of sculptures and paintings from the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
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The Palais des Beaux-Arts is one of the leading French museums after the Louvre, thanks to its top-class collections.
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The Lyon Fine Arts Museum is a municipal museum founded in 1801 and located on Place des Terreaux in a former Benedictine abbey, the Abbey of the Ladies of Saint-Pierre, a listed historic monument better known as the Palais Saint-Pierre.
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Set on the ancient site of the Nice arenas in a splendid eighteenth-century villa, the Matisse Museum gives a comprehensive panorama of the work of the leader of Fauvism.
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At the Cité de l'espace, discover a fascinating world spread over more than 5 hectares and let yourself be carried into the heart of space, where humans dream of venturing.
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The Cité de l'automobile – National Museum – Schlumpf Collection in Mulhouse is the largest car museum in the world, with 500 vehicles including 464 cars from 98 makes, among them Fritz Schlumpf's famous collection, tracing the history of the European automobile from 1878 to the present day.
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Located in Bordeaux, La Cité du Vin is a unique cultural venue devoted to wine as a cultural, universal and living heritage.
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