Are you a real history buff and are you looking for the best history museums to visit in Paris? These are the ones:
1Arc de Triomphe
ParisThe 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. 2Palais Garnier
ParisThe 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. 3Holy Chapel
Paris 4Musée d'Orsay
ParisOriginally 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- Online discount!
5Louvre Museum
ParisThe 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 6Château de Vincennes
ParisThe 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. 7Panthéon
ParisThe 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. 8Hôtel de la Marine
ParisThe 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. 9Musée Rodin
ParisVisit 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 10Army Museum
ParisThe 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 11Conciergerie
Paris 12Musée du quai Branly
ParisThe 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 13Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection
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14Catacombs of Paris
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Père Lachaise Cemetery
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16Grevin Museum
ParisThe 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 17Musee des Arts Forains
ParisThe 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 18Musée Carnavalet
ParisThe 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 19Mémorial de la Shoah
ParisThe 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 20Expiatory Chapel
ParisThe 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. 21Musée de la Poste
ParisThe 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.- Online discount!22
Notre-Dame Space: Eternal Notre-Dame
Paris 23Musée de Montmartre
ParisThe 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 24Maison de Victor Hugo
ParisVisit 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 25Museum of Jewish Art and History
ParisThe 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 26Musée de la musique
ParisThe 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 27Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature
ParisThe 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 28Mundolingua
ParisMundolingua 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. 29Musée de la vie romantique
ParisThe 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. 30Musée National de la Marine - Palais de Chaillot
ParisThe 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 31Musée des Archives Nationales
ParisThe 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- 32
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Paris 33Museum of the Legion of Honor
ParisThe 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 34Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration
ParisThe 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 35Atelier Brancusi
ParisAtelier 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. 36Paris Sewers Museum
ParisThe 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 37Musée de la Préfecture de Police
ParisThe 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 38Musée du Vin
ParisIn 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 39Musée des Plans-Reliefs
ParisThe 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 40Gobelins Manufactory
ParisThe 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 41Pasteur Museum
ParisThe 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 42Pavillon de l'Arsenal
ParisThe 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 43Hôtel de Lauzun
Paris 44Musée Clemenceau
ParisThe 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 45Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris - Musée Jean Moulin
ParisMusée 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 46Japanese Culture House of Paris
ParisLa 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 47Maison de Balzac
ParisThe 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 48History of Medicine Museum
ParisThe 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 49Fondation Custodia
ParisThe 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 50Musée de l'éventail
ParisThe 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 51Monnaie de Paris
ParisThe 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 52Cabinet of Coins, Medals and Antiquities
Paris 53Musée du Parfum
ParisThe 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 54Pavillon de l'Eau
ParisThe 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 55Musée Bible et Terre Sainte
ParisThe 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.- 56
Perfume museum Paris Fragonard
ParisThe 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 - 57
Musée du Service de Santé des Armées
ParisThe 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 - 58
Fondation Jerome Seydoux-Pathe
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Edith Piaf Museum
ParisThe 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 - 60
Théâtre-Musée des Capucines
ParisThe 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 - 61
The Smoking Museum
ParisThe 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