Paris
Paris
+ Exploring Paris
Sights
* Pont Alexandre III
* Arc de Triomphe
* Art Moderne de La Ville de Paris, Musée d'
* Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Musée national des
* Arts Décoratifs, Musée des
* Arts et Métiers-Techniques, Musée national des
* Assemblée Nationale Palais-Bourbon
* Baccarat, Musée
* Balzac, Maison de
* Bastille
* Bibliothèque Nationale De France
* Carnavalet, Musée
* Cernuschi, Musée
* Chaillot, Palais de
* Cognacq-Jay, Musée
* La Conciergerie
* Concorde, Place de la
* Eugène Delacroix, Musée National
* Faubourg Saint-Germain
* Faubourg St-Honoré
* Fragonard, Musée
* Gobelins, Manufacture nationale des
* Grand Palais
* Grands Boulevards
* Les Halles
* Hôtel De Ville
* Institut De France
* Institut du Monde Arabe
* Jacquemart-André, Musée
* Jeu de Paume, Galerie nationale du
* Madeleine, Eglise de la
* Maillol, Musée
* Le Marais
* Marmottan, Musée
* Mode et du Costume, Musée de la
* Montmartre
* Montparnasse
* Moyen-Age, Musée National du
* Musique, Musée de la
* Nissim de Camondo, Musée
* Opéra Garnier
* Orangerie, Musée National de l'
* Palais-Royal
* Panthéon
* Père-Lachaise, Cimetière du
* Petit Palais, Musée du
* Picasso, Musée
* Plantes, Jardin des
* Rodin, Musée
* Sacré Coeur, Basilique du
* St-Germain-des-Prés
* Saint-Louis, Ile
* St-Sulpice, église
* Sainte-Chapelle
* Tuileries, Jardin des
* Vendôme, Place
* Vosges, place des
Vicinity
+ Vicinity
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Worth Seeing )
Built, like the Grand Palais facing it, for the 1900 World Exhibition, the Petit Palais houses the Fine Arts collections of the city of Paris, which mostly come from private bequests. Among the most interesting exhibits are Greek vases, ceramics from the Renaissance period, 17th-century Dutch paintings, including a portrait by Rembrandt, Beauvais tapestries, and a wide choice of 19th-century paintings by Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Ingres, Delacroix, Courbet...and also Monet, Sisley and Cézanne. There are several works by the 19th-century sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, who is also well represented in the Musée d'Orsay. Objets d'art include glass vases by Gallé and jewellery by Lalique as well as enamels and 18th-century furniture.
Address: 1 avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris
Phone: 01 42 65 12 73
Open: 10-5:40; closed Mon, some bank hols
Bus: 42, 72, 73, 83
Metro: Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau
Accessible: Good
Admission: Moderate
Practical: Guided tours, shop
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