All history museums and attractions to visit in Paris

Paris (France) is a good place to visit if you are interested in history. Below we list all 61 history museums in Paris, to lose yourself in the place's cultural heritage and local history.

Are you a real history buff and are you looking for the best history museums to visit in Paris? These are the ones:

  1. Arc de Triomphe1

    Arc de Triomphe

     Paris
    The Arc de Triomphe, a historic monument, is situated in the heart of Charles de Gaulle Square, on the western side of the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. The monument stands at a height of 45 meters, a width of 22 meters, and a length of 49 meters. This iconic structure is a significant symbol of French history and a prominent landmark in the city.
  2. Palais Garnier2

    Palais Garnier

     Paris
    The Opéra Garnier, also known as Palais Garnier, is an opera house in Paris. It is located in the 9th arrondissement and is one of the most striking buildings in the French capital. This architectural masterpiece is a must-see for anyone visiting Paris, offering a glimpse into the city's rich cultural and artistic history.
  3. Holy Chapel3

    Holy Chapel

     Paris
  4. Musée d'Orsay4

    Musée d'Orsay

     Paris
    Originally a railway station, this Beaux-Arts building now houses Musée d'Orsay, one of the largest art museums in Europe. The Musée d'Orsay in Paris is an art museum that covers the history of Western art between 1848 and 1914, with a strong emphasis on 19th-century French art. The museum has a ren
  5. Online discount!Louvre Museum5

    Louvre Museum

     Paris
    The Louvre Museum in Paris is the largest art museum in the world. The museum is located inside the Louvre Palace which was once the residence of the French kings. It began its existence as a 12th-century fortress and its parts can still be seen in today’s Louvre. The palace was turned into a public
  6. Château de Vincennes6

    Château de Vincennes

     Paris
    The Château de Vincennes is a significant historical site, once serving as a royal residence. It is situated just east of Paris, within the municipality of Vincennes. This location offers visitors the opportunity to explore a piece of French royal history while also enjoying the surrounding area of Vincennes.
  7. Panthéon7

    Panthéon

     Paris
    The Panthéon, located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, is a significant historical monument. Originally, it was constructed as a church dedicated to Sainte-Geneviève in the 18th century. The architect behind this grand structure was Jacques Germain Soufflot. His vision was to create a classical building with the lightness of a Gothic cathedral. However, due to structural reasons, the open walls were made more massive during construction.
  8. Hôtel de la Marine8

    Hôtel de la Marine

     Paris
    The Hôtel de la Marine, also known as Hôtel du Garde-Meuble, is a historic building situated in the heart of Paris. It is located in the famous Place de la Concorde, to the east of Rue Royale. This location makes it easily accessible and a convenient stop for tourists exploring the city.
  9. Musée Rodin9

    Musée Rodin

     Paris
    Visit the former workshop of the founder of modern sculpting - Auguste Rodin. Opened in 1919, the Musée Rodin museum houses a great collection of his works. The exhibition includes more than 6000 of Rodin's sculptures, as well as his drawings and photographs. Be sure to explore the adjacent garden a
  10. Army Museum10

    Army Museum

     Paris
    The Musée de l'Armée (the Army Museum) in paris is located in the Cathédrale de Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, which is part of the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris. Its historical military collection comprises more than 500,000 objects from the Middle Ages to modern times, including pieces like photos, pai
  11. Conciergerie11

    Conciergerie

     Paris
  12. Musée du quai Branly12

    Musée du quai Branly

     Paris
    The Musée du quai Branly museum is a large ethnographic museum in Paris. With four buildings, the museum, designed by architect Jean Nouvel, covers an area of ​​40,600 m², with one wall of 200 meters long and 12 meters high covered with plants on the outside, designed by the French botanist Patrick
  13. Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection13

    Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection

     Paris
  14. Online discount!Catacombs of Paris14

    Catacombs of Paris

     Paris
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    Père Lachaise Cemetery

     Paris
  16. Online discount!Grevin Museum16

    Grevin Museum

     Paris
    The Grevin Museum (Musée Grévin) in Paris was established in 1882 and is one of Europe's oldest wax museums. The Grevin Museum has around 450 waxworks of French and internationally renowned people such as Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Elton John, Vladimir Putin, Louis de Funès, Stromae, Nolwenn Leroy a
  17. Musee des Arts Forains17

    Musee des Arts Forains

     Paris
    The Musée des Arts Forains - Collection Jean-Paul Favand is a private museum in Paris that is dedicated to funfair objects. The museum holds and exhibits a collection of objects from 1850 and 1950, including 14 amusement rides, 16 fair stalls and restored attractions, 18 sets of historical works, a
  18. Musée Carnavalet18

    Musée Carnavalet

     Paris
    The Musée Carnavalet is the museum in Paris for the history of the city with a very wide collection. The museum consists of the Hôtel de Carnavalet and the Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau, together accounting for around a hundred rooms. The Hôtel Carnavalet was built in 1548 by Count Jacques des
  19. Mémorial de la Shoah19

    Mémorial de la Shoah

     Paris
    The Mémorial de la Shoah (Center de documentation juive contemporaine, CDJC) is the central memorial to the Holocaust in France, located in Paris. Focus is the persecution of the Jews in occupied France and under the Vichy regime from 1940-1944. The Mémorial de la Shoah is also a museum where visito
  20. Expiatory Chapel20

    Expiatory Chapel

     Paris
    The Expiatory Chapel, or Chapelle expiatoire, is situated in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. This location is easily accessible and is surrounded by other notable Parisian landmarks, making it a convenient stop for tourists exploring the city.
  21. Musée de la Poste21

    Musée de la Poste

     Paris
    The Musée de La Poste is a unique museum dedicated to the postal history and philately of France. Operated by the French postal operator La Poste, the museum offers a deep dive into the evolution of postal services in France. From the early days of mail delivery to the modern era of philately, the museum showcases a wide range of exhibits that tell the story of France's postal history.
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    Notre-Dame Space: Eternal Notre-Dame

     Paris
  23. Musée de Montmartre23

    Musée de Montmartre

     Paris
    The Musée de Montmartre museum in Paris maps the bohemian history of Montmartre (a large hill in Paris). It is located in a building that dates back to the 17th century where painters such as Renoir lived and worked. The collection consists of a series of paintings, posters, photographs and various
  24. Maison de Victor Hugo24

    Maison de Victor Hugo

     Paris
    Visit the Maison de Victor Hugo where the famous writer who is one of the most famous representatives of Romanticism spent 16 years of his life, and enjoy its unique atmosphere. Each room in the apartment of Victor Hugo describes a certain period of his life in detail - before, during and after exil
  25. Museum of Jewish Art and History25

    Museum of Jewish Art and History

     Paris
    The Museum of Jewish Art and History (Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme) is a museum in Paris that is housed in the Hôtel de St-Aignan in Le Marais, where it brings together a number of collections that were previously spread throughout Paris. It is dedicated to French-Jewish culture from the Mi
  26. Musée de la musique26

    Musée de la musique

     Paris
    The Musée de la musique in Paris (Music Museum Paris) has a collection of hundreds of musical instruments collected by the Conservatoire de Paris. The museum collection includes instruments that were used in classical and folk music from the 15th century to the present. The collection of this Music
  27. Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature27

    Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature

     Paris
    The Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (Museum of hunting and nature) in Paris is a private museum that holds the collections of the Fondation de la Maison de la Chasse et de la Nature. Exhibits focus on the relationships between humans and the natural environment through the traditions and practice
  28. Mundolingua28

    Mundolingua

     Paris
    Mundolingua is a museum in Paris that is dedicated to language and linguistics. Organized on two levels, the museum features touchscreens, recordings, games and objects that illustrate the various subjects.
  29. Musée de la vie romantique29

    Musée de la vie romantique

     Paris
    The Musée de la vie romantique museum is one of the three literary museums in Paris together with Maison de Balzac and Maison de Victor Hugo. It displays works of romantic authors - e.g. sculptures by Bartholdi, paintings by Ary Scheffer and also many items connected to the persona of George Sand.
  30. Musée National de la Marine - Palais de Chaillot30

    Musée National de la Marine - Palais de Chaillot

     Paris
    The National Marine Museum is the national navy museum in Paris that was founded in 1827. The museum is currently located in the Palais de Chaillot where a collection is exhibited that has the collection of Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau from 1748 at its core, who was a French physician, naval engin
  31. Musée des Archives Nationales31

    Musée des Archives Nationales

     Paris
    The Musée des Archives Nationales is a museum in Paris that is housed in the Hôtel de Soubise, with exhibitions with objects from the collections of the government archives. The museum aims to provide document-based perspective on the history and the evolution of French society. The museum organizes
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    The Louvre Cellars

     Paris
  33. Museum of the Legion of Honor33

    Museum of the Legion of Honor

     Paris
    The Museum of the Legion of Honor (Musée national de la Légion d'honneur et des ordres de chevalerie) is a museum of orders of merit and orders of chivalry, housed in the Hôtel de Salm, built in 1782 by architect Pierre Rousseau for Frederick III, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg, in Paris. The collection of
  34. Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration34

    Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration

     Paris
    The Cité nationale de l'histoire de l 'immigration (CNH, Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration) is a museum dedicated to immigration to France, located in Paris. The permanent exhibition covers 1,100 m² and is dedicated to immigration to France since the early 19th century, focusing on the following
  35. Atelier Brancusi35

    Atelier Brancusi

     Paris
    Atelier Brancusi is a French glyptotheque that is related to the Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture in Paris. Located on Georges Pompidou Square, it is designed to reproduce the studio of the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuşi. It is a national museum of modern art in Paris.
  36. Paris Sewers Museum36

    Paris Sewers Museum

     Paris
    The Paris Sewers Museum (Musée des égouts de Paris) features an exhibitions about the history of Parisian sewers, the role of sewer workers, the sanitation process and other topics related to the sewers. The sewers themselves are still in use. This exhibition is for people who can tolerate unpleasan
  37. Musée de la Préfecture de Police37

    Musée de la Préfecture de Police

     Paris
    The Musée de la Préfecture de Police is a museum that is housed in the Hôtel de police in Paris that is dedicated to police history. The collection of this police museum in Paris contains photographs, letters, memorabilia, and drawings that illustrate major events in the history of France, famous cr
  38. Musée du Vin38

    Musée du Vin

     Paris
    In Musée du Vin (the Wine Museum in Paris), you will learn much about the history and also the process of making of one of the most iconic products of France: wine. The Wine Museum illustrates the richness and diversity of the French craft of winemaking, by exhibiting tools and objects used to make
  39. Musée des Plans-Reliefs39

    Musée des Plans-Reliefs

     Paris
    The Musée des Plans-Reliefs is a museum that is housed in the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris, dedicated to military models. The Musée des Plans-Reliefs exhibits almost 30 plans-reliefs of fortifications along the English Channel, the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, and the Pyrenees. Furthermore it
  40. Gobelins Manufactory40

    Gobelins Manufactory

     Paris
    The Gobelins Manufactory is a traditional and renowned tapestry manufactory in Paris that was founded in 1607 as a private company and continued from 1667 as a Royal Tapestry Manufactory. From 1792 until today, the factory has been owned by the French state. Today it is a workshop where the tapestri
  41. Pasteur Museum41

    Pasteur Museum

     Paris
    The Musée Pasteur (Pasteur Museum) is a museum in Paris that is dedicated to Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), who was a French biologist, microbiologist and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization. The museum is located in the Pasteu
  42. Pavillon de l'Arsenal42

    Pavillon de l'Arsenal

     Paris
    The Pavillon de l'Arsenal is a museum in Paris that is dedicated to architecture and urban planning and architecture in Paris and its surroundings. The museum building was built in 1878-1879 for wood merchant Laurent-Louis Borniche. The permanent exhibition in the Pavillon de l'Arsenal presents Pari
  43. Hôtel de Lauzun43

    Hôtel de Lauzun

     Paris
  44. Musée Clemenceau44

    Musée Clemenceau

     Paris
    The Musée Clemenceau is a house museum in Paris that preserves the apartment and garden of Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929), who was a French politician who was Prime Minister of France during the First World War, who lived here from 1895 until his death. The museum preserves the apartment as it was w
  45. Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris - Musée Jean Moulin45

    Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris - Musée Jean Moulin

     Paris
    Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris - Musée Jean Moulin is a museum that is located on the roof garden of Gare Montparnasse in Paris. Exhibits in the museum include underground newspapers, propaganda posters of the Vichy regime, uniforms of the Marshal of Africa and
  46. Japanese Culture House of Paris46

    Japanese Culture House of Paris

     Paris
    La maison de la culture du Japon à Paris (Japanese Culture House of Paris) is managed by the Japan Foundation and aims to spread Japanese culture. The Japanese Culture House of Paris hosts exhibitions, shows, film screenings, lectures, cooking demonstrations as well as tea ceremonies and courses on
  47. Maison de Balzac47

    Maison de Balzac

     Paris
    The Maison de Balzac is a writer's museum in paris that is dedicated to the person of Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), who lived and wrote here for a long time. The house with its large garden is the only Parisian residence of Balzac that has been preserved. Balzac wrote La Comédie humaine (The Human C
  48. History of Medicine Museum48

    History of Medicine Museum

     Paris
    The History of Medicine Museum in Paris (Musée d’histoire de la médecine) is a museum in Paris occupies the second floor of the Paris Descartes University. Its collections, the oldest in Europe, were brought together by professor Dean Lafaye in the 18th century, and an important collection was later
  49. Fondation Custodia49

    Fondation Custodia

     Paris
    The Fondation Custodia is a foundation in Paris that was founded in 1947, located in the Hôtel Turgot, that manages the collection of Frits Lugt, a self-taught collector and connoisseur of Dutch drawings and prints. Frits Lugt started his collection of drawings in the thirties. The collection compri
  50. Musée de l'éventail50

    Musée de l'éventail

     Paris
    The Musée de l'Éventail is a Fan Museum located within the Atelier Anne Hoguet, a workshop for fan-making and restoration in Paris. The museum is dedicated to fans in general as well as fan-making and presents its exhibitions in two rooms. The former showroom is furnished in Henry II style with a fi
  51. Monnaie de Paris51

    Monnaie de Paris

     Paris
    The Monnaie de Paris is the national French mint. The actual production of the coins does however not take place here, but takes places in Pessac, where since 1998 the Euro is also coined. In addition to the head office, the Hôtel de la Monnaie also houses an extensive numismatic collection, the Mus
  52. Cabinet of Coins, Medals and Antiquities52

    Cabinet of Coins, Medals and Antiquities

     Paris
  53. Musée du Parfum53

    Musée du Parfum

     Paris
    The Musée du Parfum in Paris (The Perfume Museum) is housed in a Napoleon III style mansion. It was built in 1860 by the architect Lesoufaché, a pupil of Garnier, famous for having built the opera of the same name located in front of the museum. Painted ceilings, parquet floors, romantic stuccoes, f
  54. Pavillon de l'Eau54

    Pavillon de l'Eau

     Paris
    The Pavillon de l'eau is a museum in paris that is devoted to water with a permanent exhibition about the water supply of Paris and its history from Roman aqueducts to the present. Paris has experienced four periods of production and distribution of water: The Roman age, the Middle Ages, the Modern
  55. Musée Bible et Terre Sainte55

    Musée Bible et Terre Sainte

     Paris
    The Musée Bible et Terre Sainte in Paris (Bible and Holy Land Museum), is dedicated to the history of Palestine. The museum houses a collection that contains more than 500 exhibits, illustrating everyday life in Palestine from 5000 BCE to 600 CE.
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    Perfume museum Paris Fragonard

     Paris
    The Perfume museum Paris Fragonard is a museum in Paris that is dedicated to perfume and shows the manufacturing process from raw materials to harvesting, extraction, distillation, formulation, industrialization and bottling together with the creative process and work of the master “noses”. Furtherm
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    Musée du Service de Santé des Armées

     Paris
    The Musée du Service de Santé des Armées (The Museum of the French Defence Health Service) in Paris has been open to the public since 1986 and is dedicated to the French Defence Health Service. The foundation of the museum dates back to the creation of the School of Application of the Military Healt
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    Fondation Jerome Seydoux-Pathe

     Paris
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    Edith Piaf Museum

     Paris
    The Édith Piaf Museum is a private museum in Paris that is dedicated to Edith Piaf, who was a French singer, songwriter, cabaret performer and film actress and one of the country's most widely known international stars. The museum exhibits memorabilia of the artist: photographs, letters, scores, pos
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    Théâtre-Musée des Capucines

     Paris
    The Théâtre-Musée des Capucines (Théâtre musée des Capucines-Fragonard) is a museum in Paris that is dedicated to perfume. The museum was created in 1993 by the Fragonard perfume company in a former theater called the Théâtre des Capucines that dates back to 1889. It exhibits 19th-century copper dis
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    The Smoking Museum

     Paris
    The Musée du Fumeur (Smoking Museum) is a museum in Paris on smoking that holds and exhibits a collection of smoking objects. Its collection includes European pipes, 17th century clay pipes, Native American ceremonial pipes, hookahs, Chinese opium pipes, Egyptian sheeshas, snuffboxes, cigars and tob