Best places: National museums in Metropolitan France

Huge Asian art collections, with Afghan Buddhas & Tibetan pieces, housed in a 19th-century building.

Renaissance items from the collection of the Musee de Cluny in a chateau built during the times.

Ceramics & earthenware museum in an elegant 1800s building including 12,000 pieces of Limoges china.

Grand museum showcasing theatrical history, with 20,000+ costumes, accessories & stage sets.

Museum in a 17th-century mansion with Jewish religious treasures, plus art by Chagall & Modigliani.

Museum with European & Asian ceramics from 16th century onwards, including earthenware & porcelain.

Architecturally avant-garde complex housing National Museum of Modern Art, library and music center.

Museum dedicated to paintings & work in other media by Russian-born French artist Marc Chagall.

Turreted Gothic mansion housing vast collection of medieval arts, crafts & tapestries.

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👍👍 An excellent overview of prehistoric people beginning in Africa, then into each of the stages/cultures in Europe with excellent (though not complete) English interpretive signage. There is certainly enough to read to keep you looking for 2 to 3 hours. Not ideal for kids, as this is more of an academ...

👍👍 It's a small museum, but very interesting to see Jacques Henner's work. Besides his iconic work of red headed women the painting and drawings of his travels are very good and give a unique look into places of the past. The museum itself has been owned by artists, so it is easy to imagine what it wa...

👍👍 I visited it with veterans of the Haute Saône

Modern museum with unique permanent & temporary exhibits on 2 centuries of immigration in France.

Grand, 17th-century townhouse exhibiting a collection of paintings from the 16th–19th centuries.

👍👍 Un musée à découvrir absolument. Le parcours muséal est moderne, interactif et pédagogique. Le novice découvre ou redécouvre le personnage. L'accueil est sérieux et professionnel. Bravo à toute l'équipe pour l'entretien et la valorisation du patrimoine de l'histoire.

Bonaparte family home from 1682—1923, now restored & serving as a national museum.

👍👍 Face à ce déluge de sarcophages tel que le décrit la légende ou les données historiques qui parlent de 15 000 sarcophages présent à une époque donnée, il se dégage une curieuse ambiance plutôt empreinte de sérénité. Surprenant cimetière où se côtoient des sépultures millénaires et des tombes actuell...