When Constantin Brancusi died in 1957, he left his studio and its contents to the state, and it was later moved and rebuilt by the Centre Pompidou. His fragile works in wood...

The history of the French National Library began in the 1660s, when Louis XIV moved manuscripts that couldn't be housed in the Louvre to this lavish Louis XIII townhouse,...

The primary colours, exposed pipes and air ducts make this one of the best-known sights in Paris. The then-unknown Italo-British architectural duo of Renzo Piano and Richard...

In the ground-floor gallery, well thought out exhibitions specially conceived by top artists and designers introduce children to aspects of modern art, design and architecture,...

Napoleon and Josephine's love nest, bought by Josephine in 1799, was the emperor's favourite retreat during the Consulate (1800-03). After their divorce, Napoleon gave the...

Opened in 2007 in the eastern wing of the Palais de Chaillot, this architecture and heritage museum impresses principally by its scale. The expansive ground floor is filled...

Immigration in New York is commemorated on Ellis Island, in Québec at the Musée de la Civilisation. So what of the Paris region? Well, there's Parc Astérix - proof that all...

You walk up a winding garden path to get to this museum, founded by Jean Dubuffet, wine merchant and master of art brut, a decade before his death in 1985. The foundation...

Opened in 2003, this two-floor gallery is dedicated to the work of acclaimed photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. It consists of a tall, narrow atelier in a 1913 building, with...

Designed by Le Corbusier in 1923 for a Swiss art collector, this house shows the architect's ideas in practice, with its stilts, strip windows, roof terraces and balconies,...

WhenYves Saint Laurent bowed out of designing in 2002, he reopened his fashion house as this foundation, exhibiting Picasso and Warhol paintings with the dresses they closely...

Philippe Starck has created a neo-rococo wonderland in the former mansion of the Vicomtesse de Noailles. From the red carpet entrance with a chandelier in a fish tank to the...

This kitsch version of Madame Tussauds is a hit with kids who can have their photo taken alongside waxwork doppelgangers of showbiz stars and personalities like Naomi Campbell,...

A clever blend of high-tech and Arab influences, this Seine-side grand projet was constructed between 1980 and 1987 to a design by Jean Nouvel. Shuttered windows, inspired by...