Paris: Petit Palais
Operating Hours:Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00. Friday (exhibitions): until 20:00. Closed: Monday
The Vibe:A free Beaux-Arts palace of fine art
Built for the 1900 World's Fair, this Beaux-Arts palace is now the City of Paris's fine-arts museum. Its permanent collection is free to all.
A curved gallery wraps a planted inner courtyard with a café. Inside, gilded ceilings crown rooms of painting, sculpture and decorative art.
- The City of Paris's fine-arts museum, free to enter
- Built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle
- A semicircular garden courtyard with a café
- Paintings, sculpture and decorative arts across the ages
Fit For
- 🌍 Culture travellers: "A free, wide-ranging fine-arts collection."
- 💕 Couples: "The garden-courtyard café is a quiet treat."
- 👵 Seniors: "Step-free and free, an easy cultural stop."
- 🧳 Solo: "Browse at your own pace without a ticket."
Highlights
- The free permanent collection of painting and sculpture
- The garden courtyard and its café
- The gilded galleries and painted ceilings
- Ticketed temporary exhibitions
- The mosaic and ironwork of the 1900 building — Hidden Gem
Paris Local Expert
Hamed (Leo) Kiani
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