Visits to organize first.
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1Atelier des Lumières
Atelier des Lumieres transforms a former 11th century foundry into a large immersive projection room. We come there to see the image, the music and the industrial architecture respond to each other, with an experience that is more sensory than museum-like.
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2Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection
The Bourse de Commerce brings together the Pinault collection in a spectacular circular building, restored by Tadao Ando around a concrete cylinder. This is one of the most effective visits to Paris for understanding contemporary art in a very strong heritage setting.
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3Fondation Louis Vuitton
The Louis Vuitton Foundation is as much for the exhibitions as for the Frank Gehry building, placed like a glass vessel on the edge of the Jardin d’Acclimatation. It is a very visual visit, with terraces, volumes, transparencies and large temporary hangings.
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4Musée d’Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is one of the most beautiful museums to experience in Paris: a former train station transformed into a showcase for art from 1848 to 1914, with the Impressionists, the sculptures, the large clock and a spectacular perspective on the nave.
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5Musée de l’Orangerie
The Orangery is a short but essential visit: Monet's Water Lilies in two oval rooms bathed in light, then the Walter-Guillaume collection with Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, Soutine and Modigliani.
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6Musée du Louvre
The Louvre is huge, magnificent and sometimes intimidating. The right visit consists of choosing a clear axis: masterpieces, Antiquities, French painting, Napoleon III apartments or simple discovery of the palace and the pyramid.
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7Musée Rodin
The Rodin Museum is one of the most pleasant museums in Paris: mansion, sculpture gardens, The Thinker, The Gates of Hell, The Kiss and a visit that breathes better than the large, very dense museums.
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8Palais de Tokyo
The Palais de Tokyo is the great Parisian venue for living contemporary art: vast, raw, sometimes confusing, often stimulating. People come there for temporary exhibitions which take up space, experiment and shake up the classic museum visit.
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9Philharmonie de Paris
The Philharmonie de Paris is not just a concert hall: it is a cultural ensemble with a large hall, Cité de la musique, Music Museum, Children's Philharmonie, media library and seasonal belvedere.
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10Sainte-Chapelle
The Sainte-Chapelle is one of the quickest visual shocks in Paris: a high chapel almost entirely carried by the color of the stained glass windows. The visit is short, but the memory remains very strong, especially in good weather.
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