Museums in Paris
Explore 11 creative museums in Paris, France. Each page includes a plain-language introduction and the visitor details available to Musée Maison.
Atelier Brancusi
Paris, France
Reconstruction of Constantin Brâncuși's Paris studio outside the Centre Pompidou, displaying his tools and signature works. A place of genuine historical and artistic significance, it offers a rare window into Constantin Brâncuși's work and life.
Bourdelle Museum
Paris, France
The Paris studio where sculptor Antoine Bourdelle lived and worked, now a museum preserving his monumental sculptures. Set in in the heart of Paris, the artist studio draws visitors from around the world who come to experience its unique atmosphere firsthand.
Eugène Delacroix Museum
Paris, France
The Musée national Eugène Delacroix occupies the last apartment and garden studio of France's foremost Romantic painter, who moved here in 1857 to be nearer to the church of Saint-Sulpice, where he was working on monumental mural decorations. The rooms are intimate in scale and give a vivid sense of the working conditions in which some of his finest late paintings were produced.
Giacometti Institute
Paris, France
The Giacometti Institute presents Alberto Giacometti’s work and a reconstruction of his Montparnasse studio, assembled with original furnishings and objects. It occupies the former studio-house of decorator Paul Follot and hosts changing exhibitions.
Gustave Moreau Museum
Paris, France
Gustave Moreau's Paris home converted by the artist himself into a museum, containing over 14,000 of his mythological works. Today it stands as one of Paris's most compelling cultural sites, offering an intimate encounter with Gustave Moreau's work and life.
Le Corbusier studio apartment
Paris, France
Le Corbusier’s apartment and painting studio occupy the upper floors of the Molitor building in Paris. The restored living spaces, vaulted studio and roof garden reveal how the architect combined domestic life with artistic practice.
Maison Gainsbourg
Paris, France
Maison Gainsbourg pairs Serge Gainsbourg’s preserved home at 5 bis rue de Verneuil with a museum across the street devoted to his life and work. A timed, intimate audio experience leads through the house before the chronological museum collection.
Musée de Montmartre
Paris, France
The Musée de Montmartre occupies a seventeenth-century house at 12 Rue Cortot — the oldest surviving building in Montmartre — that served as studio and lodging for successive generations of artists over more than a century. Renoir painted here in the 1870s; Suzanne Valadon and her son Maurice Utrillo lived and worked in the building during the early twentieth century.
Musée Jean-Jacques Henner
Paris, France
The Paris home of Alsatian painter Jean-Jacques Henner, preserving his studio and a large collection of his atmospheric works. Nestled in the heart of Paris, it preserves an extraordinary record of Jean-Jacques Henner's work and life for visitors to discover.
Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris
Paris, France
The museum occupies Yves Saint Laurent’s former couture house on avenue Marceau. It explores his fashion work and the setting in which his collections were developed.
Museum of Romantic Life
Paris, France
Dutch-French Romantic painter Ary Scheffer's Paris studio-house, associated with George Sand and Chopin, with a charming rose garden. Located in Paris, France, it has long been a cherished destination for those with an interest in art and painting.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best house museums in Paris?
The museums above are Musée Maison’s current curated selection for Paris. Open each page to compare its subject, collection and visitor information.
Do I need to book?
Booking rules vary by museum. Use the official ticket or museum link on each page to confirm before visiting.